2021 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
6Colleges
889Bachelor's Degrees
$31,617Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a bachelor's in aerospace engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality aerospace & aeronautical engineering 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 aerospace & aeronautical engineering program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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2021 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Great Lakes Region that are best for non-traditional aerospace & aeronautical engineering students. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population. U-M also made our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #1.
The student loan default rate at U-M is lower than is typical, just 0.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 15,737 students take at least one class online at U-M. About 3,568 of the students at U-M are attending part time.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best aerospace & aeronautical engineering schools for non-traditional students. UC is a very large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati. UC also made our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. There are approximately 17,465 students at UC that take at least one class online. 10,255 students are part time.
Ohio State University - Main Campus comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ohio State, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Ohio State is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 42,293 students take at least one class online at Ohio State. About 8,459 of the students at Ohio State are attending part time.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UIUC has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. Approximately 35,475 students take at least one class online at UIUC. There are roughly 10,007 part time students in attendance at UIUC.
Our rankings recognize Purdue University - Main Campus as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a very large student population. Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 0.8% of Purdue students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 19,239 students at Purdue that take at least one class online. There are roughly 7,612 part time students in attendance at Purdue.
Western Michigan University earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. WMU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Kalamazoo. WMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 2.0% of WMU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 10,416 students at WMU that take at least one class online. 5,241 students are part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 6 schools only.
References
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).