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2023 Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools

7 Colleges
$62,838 Avg Salary
$26,051 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering School for You

Polymer & Plastics Engineering is the #235 most popular major in the country with 167 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for polymer engineering majors pursuing a .

Top Schools in Polymer & Plastics Engineering

Our 2023 rankings named Case Western Reserve University the best school in the United States for polymer and plastics engineering students. Case Western is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cleveland.

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#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools list. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

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#3

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lehigh University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools list. Located in the city of Bethlehem, Lehigh is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#4

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Out of the 7 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Auburn is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Auburn.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Massachusetts - Lowell. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Akron Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best polymer and plastics engineering programs. Located in the midsize city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a very large student population.

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One of 39 majors within the area of study, polymer and plastics engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Polymer Engineering

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Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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