2021 Best Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
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Finding the Best Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking looked at 42 colleges that offer a bachelor's in engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great 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 engineering program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
As a non-traditional student, you have a lot to consider when it comes to choosing an education. That's why we've developed rankings specifically for you. Check out more major-related rankings here..
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2021 Best Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying engineering.
Top 10 Best Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Michigan Technological University has taken the #1 spot in this year's engineering ranking for non-traditional students. Michigan Tech is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Houghton. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Michigan Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 522 students take at least one class online at Michigan Tech. About 724 of the students at Michigan Tech are attending part time.
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Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best engineering schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. Illinois Tech also made our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #3.
The student loan default rate at Illinois Tech is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 1,752 students at Illinois Tech that take at least one class online. About 1,354 of the students at Illinois Tech are attending part time.
Full Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology Report
Our rankings recognize Milwaukee School of Engineering as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, MSOE is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, MSOE has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. Approximately 211 students take at least one class online at MSOE. About 181 of the students at MSOE are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Michigan - Ann Arbor as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population. U-M also made our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.
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.
Read full report on Engineering at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population. UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at UIUC is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 35,475 students at UIUC that take at least one class online. There are roughly 10,007 part time students in attendance at UIUC.
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Purdue University - Main Campus comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a fairly large student population. Purdue also made our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #6.
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. About 7,612 of the students at Purdue are attending part time.
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The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Wisconsin - Madison. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our bet for non-traditional students list, UW - Madison is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.2%. There are approximately 11,375 students at UW - Madison that take at least one class online. 4,683 students are part time.
Full Engineering at University of Wisconsin - Madison Report
The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Ohio State University - Main Campus. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a very large student population. Ohio State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #9 on our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. Approximately 42,293 students take at least one class online at Ohio State. 8,459 of Ohio State students are attending part time.
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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. UC is a very large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. Approximately 17,465 students take at least one class online at UC. About 10,255 of the students at UC are attending part time.
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Trine University landed the #10 spot in our 2021 best engineering schools for non-traditional students. Trine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Angola.
The student loan default rate at Trine is lower than is typical, just 2.1% of students default in three years. There are approximately 942 students at Trine that take at least one class online. 1,557 students are part time.
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