The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML) is a public school in Lowell, Massachusetts, and offers 120 different programs to its more than 14,000 students. The College of Engineering offers the Bachelor of Science in Plastics Engineering and the graduate programs include the Master of Science in plastics engineering, and the Doctorate of Engineering and a Ph.D. in Polymer Science with an Option in Plastics Engineering. For full-time undergraduate students, the in-state fee is $10,506 and the out of state tuition fee is $22,945. For graduate students the tuition fees are $9,999 and out-of-state tuition is $19,099.24 as of 2011.
The University of Akron is an educational institution in Akron, Ohio, with more than 29,000 students, as of 2011. The university has more than 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The university's College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. The undergraduate program includes a Bachelor of Science in Polymer Option in Chemistry, Polymer Option in Chemical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Polymer Engineering. For the graduate programs, the College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering offers a doctoral degree and a masters degree in both polymer science and polymer engineering. The tuition for the undergraduate courses is $322.20 per credit hour, while for the graduate courses, the tuition is $377.78 per credit hour.
The Pennsylvania State University in Erie accommodates 4,767 undergraduate and graduate students as of 2011. The university has 34 bachelor's degree programs, 6 associate and 2 master's degrees. The university's School of Engineering offers the B.S. in Plastics Engineering Technology. Students enrolled in this program will be trained to design and process plastic products. This university has its own plastic processing laboratory where students will learn hands-on practical application rather than theory. Students will have the opportunity to study the interaction between process, plastic materials, tooling, and design. Their education is supplemented with a variety of life experiences, conferences, and national and international travel to learn about new plastic technologies. Tuition is $792 per credit hour.
The University of Southern Mississippi is a research-driven university founded in 1910. It has other campuses in Hattiesburg and Long Beach, Mississippi. It has 16,659 enrolled as of 2011 from the US and 70 foreign countries. It has 81 undergraduate programs and 99 graduate programs. One of the undergraduate programs offered here is the Bachelor of Science in Polymer Science and Plastic Engineering. Some of the research that undergraduates may partake in includes fuel cells, cosmetics, coatings, stimuli-responsive materials, composites, and drug delivery. The general tuition and fees for residents is $2,276 per semester and $3,978 for non-resident students.