2021 Best Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region ranking looked at 32 colleges that offer a bachelor's in engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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2021 Best Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 10 Best 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 engineering students. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the city of College Station. Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. There are approximately 24,343 students at Texas A&M College Station that take at least one class online. There are roughly 9,943 part time students in attendance at Texas A&M College Station.
Read full report on Engineering at Texas A&M University - College Station
Our rankings recognize New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the town of Socorro, New Mexico Tech is a public college with a small student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at New Mexico Tech, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Southwest Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at New Mexico Tech is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 519 students at New Mexico Tech that take at least one class online. 360 of New Mexico Tech students are attending part time.
Full Engineering at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Report
The University of Texas at Austin earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a very large student population. UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Southwest Region list.
The student loan default rate at UT Austin is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 23,198 students take at least one class online at UT Austin. 3,479 of UT Austin students are attending part time.
Read full report on Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the distant town of Stillwater, OSU is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, OSU has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Southwest Region ranking.
About 1.2% of OSU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 10,181 students take at least one class online at OSU. About 5,006 of the students at OSU are attending part time.
Full Engineering at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Report
The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the suburb of Norman. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, University of Oklahoma has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Southwest Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. Approximately 12,433 students take at least one class online at University of Oklahoma. About 6,082 of the students at University of Oklahoma are attending part time.
Full Engineering at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Report
Texas Tech University comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a very large student population. Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Southwest Region list.
About 1.4% of Texas Tech students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 22,394 students at Texas Tech that take at least one class online. About 7,077 of the students at Texas Tech are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize Arizona State University - Tempe as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a fairly large student population. ASU - Tempe not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Southwest Region list.
About 1.5% of ASU - Tempe students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 37,856 students take at least one class online at ASU - Tempe. 8,480 of ASU - Tempe students are attending part time.
Full Engineering at Arizona State University - Tempe Report
University of Arizona landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best engineering schools for non-traditional students. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the city of Tucson.
About 1.6% of University of Arizona students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 18,254 students take at least one class online at University of Arizona. 12,642 of University of Arizona students are attending part time.
Read full report on Engineering at University of Arizona
Our rankings recognize University of Tulsa as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Tulsa, University of Tulsa is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. University of Tulsa also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Southwest Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. Approximately 1,409 students take at least one class online at University of Tulsa. 424 students are part time.
Full Engineering at University of Tulsa Report
University of Houston landed the #10 spot in our 2021 best engineering schools for non-traditional students. UH is a very large public school located in the city of Houston.
About 0.5% of UH students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 26,121 students at UH that take at least one class online. 13,663 students are part time.
Read full report on Engineering at University of Houston
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