2021 Best Engineering Technologies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
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Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Engineering Technologies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking looked at 23 colleges that offer a bachelor's in engineering tech. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering technologies programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering technologies program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Engineering Technologies Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Engineering Technologies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Ferris State University has taken the #1 spot in this year's engineering technologies ranking for non-traditional students. Ferris is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Big Rapids. Ferris not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at Ferris is lower than is typical, just 1.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,983 students at Ferris that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,072 part time students in attendance at Ferris.
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Indiana State University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Indiana State is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Terre Haute. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Indiana State has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.6%. Approximately 2,947 students take at least one class online at Indiana State. 2,349 students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize Purdue University - Main Campus as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a fairly large student population. Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 0.8% of Purdue students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 19,239 students take at least one class online at Purdue. 7,612 students are part time.
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Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public school with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at IUPUI, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at IUPUI is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. Approximately 11,579 students take at least one class online at IUPUI. About 6,671 of the students at IUPUI are attending part time.
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University of Wisconsin - Stout landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best engineering technologies schools for non-traditional students. UW - Stout is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Menomonie.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 3,297 students at UW - Stout that take at least one class online. 2,074 students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize Michigan Technological University as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Houghton. Michigan Tech not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 522 students at Michigan Tech that take at least one class online. 724 students are part time.
Full Engineering Technologies at Michigan Technological University Report
University of Toledo landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best engineering technologies schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Toledo, University of Toledo is a public college with a fairly large student population. University of Toledo also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.9%. There are approximately 8,626 students at University of Toledo that take at least one class online. 3,535 students are part time.
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University of Dayton comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Located in the midsize city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. UDayton not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 2,652 students take at least one class online at UDayton. About 1,171 of the students at UDayton are attending part time.
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Eastern Michigan University landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best engineering technologies schools for non-traditional students. Eastern Michigan is a large public school located in the suburb of Ypsilanti.
About 2.3% of Eastern Michigan students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 8,247 students at Eastern Michigan that take at least one class online. There are roughly 5,430 part time students in attendance at Eastern Michigan.
Full Engineering Technologies at Eastern Michigan University Report
Southern Illinois University Carbondale comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. SIUC is a large public school located in the small city of Carbondale.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.4%. There are approximately 2,640 students at SIUC that take at least one class online. 2,629 of SIUC students are attending part time.
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