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2021 Best Chemical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region

19 Colleges
1,773 Bachelor's Degrees
$32,549 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Chemical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Chemical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region

For this year's Best Chemical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking, we looked at 19 colleges that offer a bachelor's in chem eng. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality chemical 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 chemical engineering program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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2021 Best Chemical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the chem eng programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.

Top 10 Best Chemical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Great Lakes Region that are best for non-traditional chemical engineering students. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, U-M has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at U-M is lower than is typical, just 0.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 15,737 students at U-M that take at least one class online. About 3,568 of the students at U-M are attending part time.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

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The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Michigan Technological University. Michigan Tech is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Houghton. Michigan Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 522 students at Michigan Tech that take at least one class online. There are roughly 724 part time students in attendance at Michigan Tech.

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Illinois Institute of Technology comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. Illinois Tech not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 1,752 students take at least one class online at Illinois Tech. 1,354 students are part time.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best chemical engineering schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population. UW - Madison also made our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #8.

About 0.2% of UW - Madison students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 11,375 students at UW - Madison that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,683 part time students in attendance at UW - Madison.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Our rankings recognize Ohio State University - Main Campus as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a very large student population. Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering 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. About 8,459 of the students at Ohio State are attending part time.

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 33,526 students at Michigan State that take at least one class online. 6,517 of Michigan State students are attending part time.

Full Chemical Engineering at Michigan State University Report

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University of Dayton comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The student loan default rate at UDayton is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 2,652 students take at least one class online at UDayton. 1,171 students are part time.

Full Chemical Engineering at University of Dayton Report

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University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best chemical engineering schools for non-traditional students. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chicago.

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. About 5,712 of the students at UIC are attending part time.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best chemical engineering schools for non-traditional students. UC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

The student loan default rate at UC is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 17,465 students take at least one class online at UC. There are roughly 10,255 part time students in attendance at UC.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.

The student loan default rate at UIUC is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 35,475 students take at least one class online at UIUC. 10,007 students are part time.

Read full report on Chemical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Best for Non-Traditional Students Chemical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students chemical engineering colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 426
Ohio 618
Illinois 304
Indiana 300
Wisconsin 124

Chemical Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.

Notes and References

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*Avg Cost is for the top 19 schools only.

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