2021 Best Industrial Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
8Colleges
717Bachelor's Degrees
$30,305Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Industrial Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Industrial Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in ie. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent industrial engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the industrial engineering program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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2021 Best Industrial Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying ie.
Best Industrial Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Texas A&M University - College Station tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southwest Region that are best for non-traditional industrial engineering students. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of College Station. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas A&M College Station, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Southwest Region ranking.
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. About 9,943 of the students at Texas A&M College Station are attending part time.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best industrial engineering schools for non-traditional students. University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the midsize suburb of Norman. University of Oklahoma also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Southwest Region rankings.
About 1.2% of University of Oklahoma students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 12,433 students at University of Oklahoma that take at least one class online. 6,082 of University of Oklahoma students are attending part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Houston. UH is a very large public school located in the large city of Houston. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UH has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Southwest Region ranking.
About 0.5% of UH students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 26,121 students take at least one class online at UH. About 13,663 of the students at UH are attending part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to The University of Texas at Arlington. Located in the city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public school with a fairly large student population. UT Arlington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Southwest Region list.
About 1.4% of UT Arlington students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 17,309 students at UT Arlington are exclusively online. 22,217 students are part time.
Arizona State University - Tempe earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a very large student population. ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. There are approximately 37,856 students at ASU - Tempe that take at least one class online. 8,480 students are part time.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Texas Tech University. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a very large student population. Texas Tech also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Southwest Region rankings.
About 1.4% of Texas Tech students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 22,394 students take at least one class online at Texas Tech. 7,077 of Texas Tech students are attending part time.
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Texas State University. Texas State is a very large public school located in the city of San Marcos. Texas State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Southwest Region list.
The student loan default rate at Texas State is lower than is typical, just 2.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 21,921 students at Texas State that take at least one class online. About 8,642 of the students at Texas State are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize The University of Texas at El Paso as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of El Paso, UTEP is a public school with a very large student population. UTEP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for Industrial Engineering in the Southwest Region list.
About 2.7% of UTEP students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 11,163 students at UTEP that take at least one class online. 9,177 students are part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to IE
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 8 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).
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