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2021 Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New York

13 Colleges
1,971 Bachelor's Degrees
$36,826 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New YorkMechanical Engineering is the #20 most popular major in New York with 1,971 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 5.6% of all the me bachelor's degrees in the country.

This year's Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New York ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer a bachelor's in me. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mechanical engineering programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mechanical engineering program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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2021 Best Mechanical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in New York

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

Top 10 Best Mechanical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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SUNY Maritime College
Throggs Neck, NY

SUNY Maritime College tops the 2021 list of our schools in New York that are best for non-traditional mechanical engineering students. SUNY Maritime College is a small public school located in the large city of Throggs Neck. SUNY Maritime College not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in New York list.

About 0.5% of SUNY Maritime College students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 479 students at SUNY Maritime College that take at least one class online. 177 of SUNY Maritime College students are attending part time.

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The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Cornell University. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Cornell has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in New York ranking.

The student loan default rate at Cornell is lower than is typical, just 0.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 2,837 students take at least one class online at Cornell. About 574 of the students at Cornell are attending part time.

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Rochester Institute of Technology comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. RIT also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in New York rankings.

The student loan default rate at RIT is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 9,961 students take at least one class online at RIT. About 1,867 of the students at RIT are attending part time.

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Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY

Our rankings recognize Stony Brook University as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public college with a very large student population. SUNY Stony Brook also took the #9 spot in our Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in New York rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. Approximately 14,521 students take at least one class online at SUNY Stony Brook. 4,151 of SUNY Stony Brook students are attending part time.

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Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Syracuse University. Located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. Syracuse also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in New York rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. Approximately 2,812 students take at least one class online at Syracuse. 3,491 students are part time.

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Our rankings recognize Columbia University in the City of New York as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York. Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in New York list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 6,172 students at Columbia that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,854 part time students in attendance at Columbia.

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Binghamton University earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Binghamton University is a large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Vestal.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 1,472 students at Binghamton University that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,855 part time students in attendance at Binghamton University.

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Manhattan College
Riverdale, NY

The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Manhattan College. Manhattan is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Riverdale.

About 1.2% of Manhattan students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 246 students at Manhattan that take at least one class online. 250 students are part time.

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New York Institute of Technology comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Old Westbury, NYIT is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. Approximately 1,344 students take at least one class online at NYIT. 879 of NYIT students are attending part time.

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The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University at Buffalo. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Buffalo.

The student loan default rate at University at Buffalo is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. There are approximately 16,575 students at University at Buffalo that take at least one class online. 5,053 of University at Buffalo students are attending part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Mechanical Engineering Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Mechanical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,717
Maryland 593
New Jersey 726
Delaware 114
District of Columbia 121

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

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