2021 Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region
8Colleges
426Bachelor's Degrees
$29,775Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer a bachelor's in me tech. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mechanical engineering technology programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mechanical engineering technology program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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2021 Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying me tech.
Best Mechanical Engineering Technology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology has taken the #1 spot in this year's mechanical engineering technology ranking for non-traditional students. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Flushing. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 656 students at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology that take at least one class online. There are roughly 268 part time students in attendance at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Rochester Institute of Technology. Located in the large suburb of Rochester, RIT 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, RIT has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at RIT is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 9,961 students at RIT that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,867 part time students in attendance at RIT.
SUNY Polytechnic Institute landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best mechanical engineering technology schools for non-traditional students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Utica, SUNY Poly is a public school with a small student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY Poly, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at SUNY Poly is lower than is typical, just 3.0% of students default in three years. Approximately 1,304 students take at least one class online at SUNY Poly. 847 of SUNY Poly students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Farmingdale State College as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large suburb of Farmingdale, SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
About 1.3% of SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 4,982 students take at least one class online at SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale. 2,007 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Buffalo State as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Buffalo State is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Buffalo. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Buffalo State has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
About 3.8% of Buffalo State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,427 students take at least one class online at Buffalo State. 1,406 of Buffalo State students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Alfred State College as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Alfred State is a small public school located in the town of Alfred. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Alfred State has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
About 3.5% of Alfred State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 690 students take at least one class online at Alfred State. 322 of Alfred State students are attending part time.
University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best mechanical engineering technology schools for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of Johnstown, Pitt Johnstown is a public school with a small student population. Pitt Johnstown not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
The student loan default rate at Pitt Johnstown is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. About 55 of the students at Pitt Johnstown are attending part time.
The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to New York City College of Technology. Located in the city of Brooklyn, City Tech is a public college with a large student population. City Tech also made our Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #9.
About 2.1% of City Tech students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 9,350 students at City Tech are exclusively online. There are roughly 5,308 part time students in attendance at City Tech.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 8 schools only.
References
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
