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

12 Colleges
1,238 Bachelor's Degrees
$30,832 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Industrial Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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

For this year's Best Industrial Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a bachelor's in ie. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great industrial engineering programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the industrial engineering program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Industrial Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Industrial Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Great Lakes Region that are best for non-traditional industrial engineering students. U-M is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor. U-M also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Great Lakes Region rankings.

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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Purdue University - Main Campus earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purdue, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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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University of Wisconsin - Madison comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison. UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list.

About 0.2% of UW - Madison students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 11,375 students take at least one class online at UW - Madison. About 4,683 of the students at UW - Madison are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as the #4 school in this year's rankings. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UIUC has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at UIUC is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 35,475 students take at least one class online at UIUC. 10,007 of UIUC students are attending part time.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Ohio State is a fairly 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 #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

About 1.2% of Ohio State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 42,293 students at Ohio State that take at least one class online. About 8,459 of the students at Ohio State are attending part time.

Full Industrial Engineering at Ohio State University - Main Campus Report

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Milwaukee School of Engineering comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. MSOE is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Milwaukee. MSOE did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list.

The student loan default rate at MSOE is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. Approximately 211 students take at least one class online at MSOE. 181 students are part time.

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The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Illinois at Chicago. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population.

The student loan default rate at UIC is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 19,768 students take at least one class online at UIC. About 5,712 of the students at UIC are attending part time.

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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Bradley University. Bradley is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Peoria. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Bradley has also earned the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

About 0.9% of Bradley students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,063 students take at least one class online at Bradley. 1,013 students are part time.

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University of Wisconsin - Platteville comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. UW - Platteville is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Platteville.

About 1.1% of UW - Platteville students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 1,377 students at UW - Platteville that take at least one class online. 1,256 of UW - Platteville students are attending part time.

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The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Northern Illinois University. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.1%. Approximately 8,712 students take at least one class online at NIU. 4,345 of NIU students are attending part time.

Full Industrial Engineering at Northern Illinois University Report

Best for Non-Traditional Students Industrial Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 298
Ohio 212
Illinois 255
Indiana 277
Wisconsin 207

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

Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Cost is for the top 12 schools only.

References

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