2021 Best General Architecture Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
7Colleges
584Bachelor's Degrees
$30,942Avg Cost*
Finding the Best General Architecture Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best General Architecture Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer a bachelor's in architecture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general architecture programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general architecture program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The architecture school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Architecture Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
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2021 Best General Architecture Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying architecture.
Best General Architecture Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Illinois Institute of Technology has taken the #1 spot in this year's general architecture ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. Illinois Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for General Architecture in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 0.8% of Illinois Tech students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 1,752 students take at least one class online at Illinois Tech. There are roughly 1,354 part time students in attendance at Illinois Tech.
Our rankings recognize University of Michigan - Ann Arbor as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a very large student population. U-M not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for General Architecture in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 0.2% of U-M students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 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.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Illinois at Chicago. UIC is a very large public school located in the large city of Chicago. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIC, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for General Architecture in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 19,768 students at UIC that take at least one class online. 5,712 students are part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Southern Illinois University Carbondale. SIUC is a large public school located in the city of Carbondale. SIUC not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for General Architecture in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at SIUC is lower than is typical, just 2.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 2,640 students take at least one class online at SIUC. 2,629 students are part time.
Ohio State University - Main Campus earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a very large student population. Ohio State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for General Architecture in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 1.2% of Ohio State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 42,293 students at Ohio State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 8,459 part time students in attendance at Ohio State.
Kent State University at Kent comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Kent State is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Kent. Kent State also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for General Architecture in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. Approximately 15,625 students take at least one class online at Kent State. 6,651 students are part time.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UWM has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for General Architecture in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 1.8% of UWM students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 12,157 students take at least one class online at UWM. 5,387 students are part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 7 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).
