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2021 Best Industrial Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students

53 Colleges
5,551 Bachelor's Degrees
$35,080 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Industrial Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Industrial Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional StudentsIn <nil>, 5,551 people earned their bachelor's in industrial engineering, making the major the #71 most popular in the United States.

This year's Best Industrial Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students ranking analyzed 53 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in ie. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality industrial engineering programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.

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

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

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

Top 10 Best Industrial 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 industrial engineering students. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgia Tech, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering ranking.

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

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. U-M is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor. 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 Industrial Engineering ranking.

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

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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population. Virginia Tech also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 19,796 students take at least one class online at Virginia Tech. About 2,831 of the students at Virginia Tech are attending part time.

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Purdue University - Main Campus earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette. Purdue also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 19,239 students take at least one class online at Purdue. 7,612 students are part time.

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Texas A&M University - College Station earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

The student loan default rate at Texas A&M College Station is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 24,343 students take at least one class online at Texas A&M College Station. 9,943 of Texas A&M College Station students are attending part time.

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North Carolina State University comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, NC State has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering ranking.

About 1.0% of NC State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 14,604 students take at least one class online at NC State. About 7,732 of the students at NC State are attending part time.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison. UW - Madison also claimed a spot on our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering list. It's in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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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Our rankings recognize University of Southern California as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, USC has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 15,291 students take at least one class online at USC. About 6,687 of the students at USC are attending part time.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

About 0.6% of UIUC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 35,475 students take at least one class online at UIUC. 10,007 students are part time.

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The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus. Located in the city of University Park, Penn State University Park is a public school with a very large student population. Penn State University Park also made our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering list, coming in at #9.

About 0.0% of Penn State University Park students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. All students are part time.

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Industrial Engineering by Region

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Industrial 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 25 schools only.

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