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2021 Best Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region

57 Colleges
27,529 Bachelor's Degrees
$33,327 Avg Cost*

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Best Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region

This year's Best Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region ranking analyzed 57 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree 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 Southeast 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

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southeast Region that are best for non-traditional engineering students. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public college with a very large student population. Georgia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Southeast Region list.

About 0.4% of Georgia Tech students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 19,058 students at Georgia Tech are exclusively online. About 21,273 of the students at Georgia Tech are attending part time.

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The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to North Carolina State University. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh. As a testament to the quality of education offered at NC State, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Southeast Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. There are approximately 14,604 students at NC State that take at least one class online. 7,732 of NC State students are attending part time.

Full Engineering at North Carolina State University Report

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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

Our rankings recognize Virginia Tech as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Virginia Tech, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Southeast Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at Virginia Tech is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 19,796 students take at least one class online at Virginia Tech. 2,831 students are part time.

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University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Our rankings recognize University of Florida as the #4 school in this year's rankings. UF is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UF has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Southeast Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 22,865 students take at least one class online at UF. 11,205 of UF students are attending part time.

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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best engineering schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Daytona Beach, Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach 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, Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Southeast Region ranking.

About 1.1% of Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 580 students at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach that take at least one class online. 2,454 students are part time.

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The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Florida Institute of Technology. Florida Tech is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Melbourne. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida Tech, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Southeast Region ranking.

About 0.8% of Florida Tech students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 2,764 students at Florida Tech are exclusively online. About 3,782 of the students at Florida Tech are attending part time.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a very large student population. University of Virginia also made our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #8.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. There are approximately 4,175 students at University of Virginia that take at least one class online. 2,758 students are part time.

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Clemson University
Clemson, SC

Clemson University earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson. Clemson excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Southeast Region list.

About 0.6% of Clemson students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 11,161 students take at least one class online at Clemson. There are roughly 3,412 part time students in attendance at Clemson.

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Auburn University
Auburn, AL

Auburn University comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a fairly large student population. Auburn not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #9 on our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Southeast Region list.

About 0.5% of Auburn students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 11,718 students take at least one class online at Auburn. There are roughly 5,257 part time students in attendance at Auburn.

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Vanderbilt University. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Vanderbilt has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Southeast Region ranking.

About 0.5% of Vanderbilt students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 821 students at Vanderbilt that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,196 part time students in attendance at Vanderbilt.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Engineering Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 3,071
Mississippi 1,098
Florida 6,344
Virginia 3,470
Alabama 3,013
Georgia 3,670
Tennessee 1,746
West Virginia 820
South Carolina 1,701
Louisiana 1,511
Kentucky 1,062
Arkansas 863

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*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.

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