2021 Best Engineering Technologies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New York
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Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Engineering Technologies is the #20 most popular major in New York with 1,880 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that 10.2% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
For this year's Best Engineering Technologies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New York ranking, we looked at 7 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 New York
The following schools top our list of the Best Engineering Technologies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Engineering Technologies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Rochester Institute of Technology has taken the #1 spot in this year's engineering technologies ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, RIT has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in New York ranking.
About 0.8% of RIT students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 9,961 students at RIT that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,867 part time students in attendance at RIT.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Flushing. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in New York rankings.
The student loan default rate at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 656 students take at least one class online at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology. About 268 of the students at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology are attending part time.
Farmingdale State College comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the large suburb of Farmingdale, SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in New York rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. Approximately 4,982 students take at least one class online at SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale. 2,007 of SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale students are attending part time.
SUNY Polytechnic Institute landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best engineering technologies schools for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of Utica, SUNY Poly is a public college with a small student population. SUNY Poly also made our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in New York list, coming in at #3.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.0%. Approximately 1,304 students take at least one class online at SUNY Poly. There are roughly 847 part time students in attendance at SUNY Poly.
Alfred State College landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best engineering technologies schools for non-traditional students. Alfred State is a small public school located in the remote town of Alfred. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Alfred State, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in New York ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.5%. Approximately 690 students take at least one class online at Alfred State. About 322 of the students at Alfred State are attending part time.
Buffalo State comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Buffalo State is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Buffalo. Buffalo State also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in New York rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.8%. There are approximately 2,427 students at Buffalo State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,406 part time students in attendance at Buffalo State.
New York City College of Technology comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Brooklyn, City Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at City Tech, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in New York ranking.
The student loan default rate at City Tech is lower than is typical, just 2.1% of students default in three years. 9,350 students at City Tech are exclusively online. About 5,308 of the students at City Tech are attending part time.
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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Engineering Technologies is the #20 most popular major in New York with 1,880 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that 10.2% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
