2026 Best Value Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology/Technician Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
[Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology/Technician](/majors/engineering-technologies/industrial-production-technology/plastics-and-polymer-engineering-technology-technician/) is a field worth comparing on the balance of cost and outcomes. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong plastics & polymer engineering technology/technician education at a price that pays off.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools to find the best return on investment for plastics & polymer engineering technology/technician students.
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2026 Best Value Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology/Technician Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in plastics & polymer engineering technology/technician, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology/Technician Schools
For return on investment in plastics & polymer engineering technology/technician, no school beat Pennsylvania College Of Technology this year. Set in the city of Williamsport, Pennsylvania College Of Technology is a moderately-sized public institution. Students from in state pay about $17,940 in tuition and fees, while out-of-state students pay about $25,680. Students borrow a median of $25,500 to complete the plastics & polymer engineering technology/technician program here. Early-career plastics & polymer engineering technology/technician graduates make about $59,766. Set against $25,500 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 6 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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