Polymer & Plastics Engineering
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of Polymer & Plastics Engineering degree recipients are Lowell, MA, Penn State Erie (Behrend), PA, and Hattiesburg, MS. In 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of Polymer & Plastics Engineering degree recipients are Penn State Erie (Behrend), PA, Lowell, MA, and Williamsport, PA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Polymer & Plastics Engineering is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Polymer & Plastics Engineering and the types of students that study this field. University of Massachusetts-Lowell awards the most degrees in Polymer & Plastics Engineering in the US, but Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College and University of Massachusetts-Lowell have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Polymer & Plastics Engineering.
Tuition costs for Polymer & Plastics Engineering majors are, on average, $13,586 for in-state public colleges, and $58,970 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Polymer & Plastics Engineering programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (15 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (292 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Polymer & Plastics Engineering, is Public, 4-year or above (292 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Polymer & Plastics Engineering programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
University of Massachusetts-Lowell has the most Polymer & Plastics Engineering degree recipients, with 106 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Polymer & Plastics Engineering.
Out of all institutions that offer Polymer & Plastics Engineering programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Polymer & Plastics Engineering, with 4.66%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Polymer & Plastics Engineering.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Engineering in the United States.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Engineering degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Engineering (217 students).
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Polymer & Plastics Engineering are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Research Doctorate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Engineering are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Doctorate degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Polymer & Plastics Engineering.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Polymer & Plastics Engineering for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Polymer & Plastics Engineering.
White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in India that hold Engineering degrees (4.18 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (492,137 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Polymer & Plastics Engineering field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Polymer & Plastics Engineering majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Polymer & Plastics Engineering majors need more than the average amount of Technology Design, Science, and Management of Material Resources.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Polymer & Plastics Engineering majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Technology Design is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, and Critical Thinking are the three most important skills for people in the field.
