2021 Best Engineering Technologies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
7Colleges
1,231Bachelor's Degrees
$22,889Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Engineering Technologies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in engineering tech. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering technologies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the engineering technologies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Engineering Technologies Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
Check out the engineering tech programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Engineering Technologies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Pittsburg State University has taken the #1 spot in this year's engineering technologies ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the distant town of Pittsburg, Pitt State is a public school with a medium-sized student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Pitt State has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Plains States Region ranking.
About 1.8% of Pitt State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,928 students take at least one class online at Pitt State. About 1,552 of the students at Pitt State are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Central Missouri as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the distant town of Warrensburg, UCM is a public college with a fairly large student population. UCM not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Plains States Region list.
About 1.4% of UCM students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 4,050 students at UCM that take at least one class online. 3,727 students are part time.
University of Northern Iowa earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. UNI not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Plains States Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. There are approximately 4,212 students at UNI that take at least one class online. About 1,478 of the students at UNI are attending part time.
Bemidji State University comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Bemidji State University is a small public school located in the remote town of Bemidji. Bemidji State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Plains States Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. 1,489 of Bemidji State University students are exclusively distance learners. 1,647 of Bemidji State University students are attending part time.
Kansas State University landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best engineering technologies schools for non-traditional students. K -State is a large public school located in the small city of Manhattan. K -State also made our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #3.
The student loan default rate at K -State is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 6,181 students at K -State that take at least one class online. About 3,739 of the students at K -State are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Minnesota State University - Mankato as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato. Minnesota State Mankato also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Plains States Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at Minnesota State Mankato is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 5,945 students at Minnesota State Mankato that take at least one class online. 3,872 of Minnesota State Mankato students are attending part time.
Southeast Missouri State University landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best engineering technologies schools for non-traditional students. Southeast Missouri State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Cape Girardeau. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Southeast Missouri State University has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Plains States Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Southeast Missouri State University is lower than is typical, just 2.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 4,277 students take at least one class online at Southeast Missouri State University. 2,685 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).
