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

32 Colleges
2,664 Bachelor's Degrees
$30,971 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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

For this year's Best Electrical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking, we looked at 32 colleges that offer a bachelor's in ee. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great electrical engineering programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying ee.

Top 10 Best Electrical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Great Lakes Region that are best for non-traditional electrical engineering students. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign. UIUC also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. There are approximately 35,475 students at UIUC that take at least one class online. 10,007 students are part time.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

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Our rankings recognize University of Michigan - Ann Arbor as the #2 school in this year's rankings. U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor. U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.2%. There are approximately 15,737 students at U-M that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,568 part time students in attendance at U-M.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Report

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Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best electrical engineering schools for non-traditional students. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Illinois Tech, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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 of Illinois Tech students are attending part time.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ohio State, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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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University of Illinois at Chicago comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a very large student population.

About 0.7% of UIC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 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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Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best electrical engineering schools for non-traditional students. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

About 0.8% of Michigan State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 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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The #7 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 moderately-sized student population. Michigan Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list.

About 0.9% of Michigan Tech students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 522 students at Michigan Tech that take at least one class online. About 724 of the students at Michigan Tech are attending part time.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best electrical engineering schools for non-traditional students. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.

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. 4,683 students are part time.

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Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best electrical engineering schools for non-traditional students. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette. Purdue not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list.

The student loan default rate at Purdue is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 19,239 students at Purdue that take at least one class online. 7,612 of Purdue students are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize University of Cincinnati - Main Campus as the #10 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. Approximately 17,465 students take at least one class online at UC. 10,255 students are part time.

Full Electrical Engineering at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Report

Best for Non-Traditional Students Electrical Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 859
Ohio 719
Illinois 529
Indiana 438
Wisconsin 324

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

Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.

References

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