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2021 Best Environmental Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students

20 Colleges
1,916 Bachelor's Degrees
$34,679 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Environmental Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Environmental Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional StudentsIn <nil>, 1,916 people earned their bachelor's in environmental engineering, making the major the #136 most popular in the United States.

This year's Best Environmental Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students ranking looked at 20 colleges that offer a bachelor's in environmental engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent environmental engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the environmental engineering program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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2021 Best Environmental Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the United States

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

Top 10 Best Environmental Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus tops the 2021 list of our schools in the United States that are best for non-traditional environmental engineering students. Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Atlanta. Georgia Tech also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Environmental Engineering rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.4%. 19,058 of Georgia Tech students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 21,273 part time students in attendance at Georgia Tech.

Full Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Report

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Michigan Technological University landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best environmental engineering schools for non-traditional students. Michigan Tech is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Houghton. Michigan Tech also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Environmental Engineering rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 522 students take at least one class online at Michigan Tech. 724 of Michigan Tech students are attending part time.

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University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Our rankings recognize University of Florida as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a fairly large student population. UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Environmental Engineering list.

About 0.9% of UF students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 22,865 students at UF that take at least one class online. There are roughly 11,205 part time students in attendance at UF.

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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best environmental engineering schools for non-traditional students. Located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public school with a very large student population. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also made our Best Colleges for Environmental Engineering list, coming in at #5.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 15,682 students take at least one class online at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. 1,455 of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo students are attending part time.

Read full report on Environmental Engineering at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

Drexel University earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia. Drexel did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Environmental Engineering list.

About 0.9% of Drexel students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 6,249 students take at least one class online at Drexel. 5,829 students are part time.

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Missouri University of Science and Technology earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the remote town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. Missouri University of Science and Technology also made our Best Colleges for Environmental Engineering list, coming in at #8.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 2,726 students take at least one class online at Missouri University of Science and Technology. About 1,272 of the students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are attending part time.

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University of Colorado Boulder comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Boulder. CU - Boulder also took the #9 spot in our Best Colleges for Environmental Engineering rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. Approximately 24,299 students take at least one class online at CU - Boulder. 7,631 students are part time.

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Wilkes University
Wilkes-Barre, PA

Wilkes University earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. Wilkes is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Wilkes-Barre.

About 1.5% of Wilkes students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 2,863 of Wilkes students are exclusively distance learners. 2,749 of Wilkes students are attending part time.

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Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best environmental engineering schools for non-traditional students. Penn State University Park is a very large public school located in the city of University Park.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.0%. All students are part time.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #10 spot in our 2021 best environmental engineering schools for non-traditional students. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a very large student population.

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. There are roughly 3,568 part time students in attendance at U-M.

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