2021 Best Civil Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
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Finding the Best Civil Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Civil Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking, we looked at 26 colleges that offer a bachelor's in civil eng. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality civil 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 civil 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 Civil Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the civil eng programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 10 Best Civil Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Illinois Institute of Technology has taken the #1 spot in this year's civil engineering ranking for non-traditional students. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Illinois Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
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. 1,354 students are part time.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison. UW - Madison also made our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.2%. There are approximately 11,375 students at UW - Madison that take at least one class online. 4,683 of UW - Madison students are attending part time.
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The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Michigan Technological University. Located in the town of Houghton, Michigan Tech is a public college with a medium-sized student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan Tech, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Michigan Tech is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. 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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Our rankings recognize University of Illinois at Chicago as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
About 0.7% of UIC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 19,768 students take at least one class online at UIC. 5,712 students are part time.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. U-M is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor. U-M also made our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #6.
About 0.2% of U-M students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 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.
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Michigan State University landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best civil engineering schools for non-traditional students. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Michigan State is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 33,526 students at Michigan State that take at least one class online. About 6,517 of the students at Michigan State are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as the #7 school in this year's rankings. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign. UIUC not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #9 on our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 0.6% of UIUC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 35,475 students at UIUC that take at least one class online. 10,007 of UIUC students are attending part time.
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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
About 1.7% of UC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 17,465 students at UC that take at least one class online. 10,255 students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize Ohio State University - Main Campus as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus. Ohio State also made our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #8.
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. 8,459 of Ohio State students are attending part time.
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The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Bradley University. Bradley is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Peoria.
The student loan default rate at Bradley is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,063 students at Bradley that take at least one class online. 1,013 of Bradley students are attending part time.
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