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

32 Colleges
14,535 Bachelor's Degrees
$29,194 Avg Cost*

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

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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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

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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 very large public school located in the midsize 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.

About 0.6% of Texas A&M College Station students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 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.

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2

Our rankings recognize New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the remote town of Socorro, New Mexico Tech is a public school 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 school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. There are approximately 519 students at New Mexico Tech that take at least one class online. About 360 of the students at New Mexico Tech are attending part time.

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3

The University of Texas at Austin earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the 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.

About 0.8% of UT Austin students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 23,198 students take at least one class online at UT Austin. 3,479 students are part time.

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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 very 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.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. Approximately 10,181 students take at least one class online at OSU. There are roughly 5,006 part time students in attendance at OSU.

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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 medium-sized 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.

About 1.2% of University of Oklahoma students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 12,433 students at University of Oklahoma that take at least one class online. 6,082 of University of Oklahoma students are attending part time.

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Texas Tech University comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly 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. 7,077 students are 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 midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a very 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.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. There are approximately 37,856 students at ASU - Tempe that take at least one class online. There are roughly 8,480 part time students in attendance at ASU - Tempe.

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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.

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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.

About 0.7% of University of Tulsa students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 1,409 students take at least one class online at University of Tulsa. 424 students are part time.

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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.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 26,121 students take at least one class online at UH. About 13,663 of the students at UH are attending part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students engineering colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 10,055
Arizona 2,822
Oklahoma 1,446
New Mexico 678

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