2021 Best Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic Region ranking looked at 33 colleges that offer a bachelor's in engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent 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 engineering program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region
Check out the engineering programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 10 Best Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that are best for non-traditional engineering students. Penn State University Park is a fairly large public school located in the city of University Park. Penn State University Park did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
About 0.0% of Penn State University Park students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. All of Penn State University Park students are attending part time.
Read full report on Engineering at Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus
New Jersey Institute of Technology earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. NJIT is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Newark. NJIT also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.
About 0.7% of NJIT students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 3,018 students take at least one class online at NJIT. 3,015 students are part time.
Read full report on Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Johns Hopkins University. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore. Johns Hopkins not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
The student loan default rate at Johns Hopkins is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. 14,847 of Johns Hopkins students are exclusively distance learners. 14,794 students are part time.
Full Engineering at Johns Hopkins University Report
Our rankings recognize Drexel University as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia. Drexel also claimed a spot on our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It's in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
About 0.9% of Drexel students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 6,249 students take at least one class online at Drexel. About 5,829 of the students at Drexel are attending part time.
Read full report on Engineering at Drexel University
Cornell University earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Cornell has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.4%. Approximately 2,837 students take at least one class online at Cornell. About 574 of the students at Cornell are attending part time.
Full Engineering at Cornell University Report
Rutgers University - New Brunswick earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public school located in the small city of New Brunswick.
The student loan default rate at Rutgers New Brunswick is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. There are approximately 30,054 students at Rutgers New Brunswick that take at least one class online. 7,559 students are part time.
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Syracuse University earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
About 1.1% of Syracuse students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,812 students take at least one class online at Syracuse. There are roughly 3,491 part time students in attendance at Syracuse.
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Our rankings recognize University of Maryland - College Park as the #8 school in this year's rankings. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.
About 0.7% of UMCP students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 11,700 students at UMCP that take at least one class online. About 4,841 of the students at UMCP are attending part time.
Full Engineering at University of Maryland - College Park Report
The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to SUNY Maritime College. SUNY Maritime College is a small public school located in the large city of Throggs Neck.
About 0.5% of SUNY Maritime College students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 479 students take at least one class online at SUNY Maritime College. There are roughly 177 part time students in attendance at SUNY Maritime College.
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University of Delaware comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. Located in the large suburb of Newark, UD is a public college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UD also is in the top 20% of our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
About 0.9% of UD students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 13,666 students take at least one class online at UD. 2,486 of UD students are attending part time.
Full Engineering at University of Delaware Report
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