2021 Best Engineering Technologies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US 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 Far Western US Region ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer a bachelor's in engineering tech. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great engineering technologies programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering technologies program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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2021 Best Engineering Technologies Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying engineering tech.
Best Engineering Technologies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Oregon Institute of Technology tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Far Western US Region that are best for non-traditional engineering technologies students. Located in the remote town of Klamath Falls, OIT is a public school with a small student population. OIT also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Far Western US Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 862 students at OIT that take at least one class online. 2,645 of OIT students are attending part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Central Washington University. Located in the town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public school with a medium-sized student population. CWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Far Western US Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.8%. There are approximately 4,411 students at CWU that take at least one class online. 1,565 of CWU students are attending part time.
California State University - Fresno landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best engineering technologies schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public school with a very large student population. Fresno State also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Far Western US Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. Approximately 17,956 students take at least one class online at Fresno State. 4,540 students are 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).
