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2023 Best Value Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$57,470 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$66,366 Avg Salary

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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Polymer & Plastics Engineering Colleges.

Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering School

#1

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Lehigh University the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for polymer and plastics engineering students. Located in the small city of Bethlehem, Lehigh is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Lehigh are $57,470 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Lehigh also is in the top 10% of our Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

Full Polymer & Plastics Engineering at Lehigh University Report

Best Polymer & Plastics Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best polymer and plastics engineering colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 19
New Jersey 0

More Polymer & Plastics Engineering Rankings in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

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

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Cjp24.

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