You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Master's Degree in polymer & plastics engineering. It is ranked #237 out of 343 major degree programs in terms of popularity. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of polymer & plastics engineering. Combined, these schools handed out 46 master's degrees in polymer & plastics engineering to qualified students.
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Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on polymer & plastics engineering students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other polymer & plastics engineering students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt polymer & plastics engineering students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized polymer & plastics engineering related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for polymer & plastics engineering students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools
The polymer engineering school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts.
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Any student who is interested in a master's degree in polymer & plastics engineering needs to check out University of Massachusetts - Lowell. Located in the large suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public university with a large student population.
Students who graduate with their master's from the polymer engineering program state that they receive average early career wages of $89,021.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
