2021 Best Civil Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New York
7Colleges
724Bachelor's Degrees
$37,924Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Civil Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Civil Engineering is the #59 most popular major in New York with 724 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that of the 14,747 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 4.9% were from a college or university in the state.
This year's Best Civil Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New York ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer a bachelor's in civil eng. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great civil engineering 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 civil engineering program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Civil Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in New York
The following schools top our list of the Best Civil Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Civil Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Manhattan College has taken the #1 spot in this year's civil engineering ranking for non-traditional students. Manhattan is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Riverdale. Manhattan also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in New York rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. There are approximately 246 students at Manhattan that take at least one class online. About 250 of the students at Manhattan are attending part time.
Cornell University landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best civil engineering schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cornell, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in New York ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.4%. There are approximately 2,837 students at Cornell that take at least one class online. 574 of Cornell students are attending part time.
Syracuse University comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. Syracuse also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in New York rankings.
The student loan default rate at Syracuse is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,812 students at Syracuse that take at least one class online. About 3,491 of the students at Syracuse are attending part time.
Columbia University in the City of New York earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Columbia has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in New York ranking.
The student loan default rate at Columbia is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 6,172 students take at least one class online at Columbia. 4,854 of Columbia students are attending part time.
University at Buffalo comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. University at Buffalo is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Buffalo. University at Buffalo not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in New York list.
About 1.3% of University at Buffalo students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 16,575 students take at least one class online at University at Buffalo. 5,053 of University at Buffalo students are attending part time.
New York University landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best civil engineering schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. NYU also made our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in New York list, coming in at #8.
About 0.8% of NYU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 21,614 students take at least one class online at NYU. There are roughly 8,829 part time students in attendance at NYU.
Our rankings recognize The City College of New York as the #7 school in this year's rankings. CCNY is a fairly large public school located in the city of New York. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, CCNY has also earned the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in New York ranking.
About 1.3% of CCNY students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 7,864 students at CCNY that take at least one class online. 4,373 of CCNY students are attending part time.
Civil Engineering Related Non-Traditional Student Rankings by Major
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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).