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2021 Best Engineering Technologies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region

13 Colleges
2,892 Bachelor's Degrees
$32,703 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Engineering Technologies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region

This year's Best Engineering Technologies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer a bachelor's in engineering tech. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering technologies 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 engineering technologies program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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2021 Best Engineering Technologies Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Engineering Technologies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Engineering Technologies Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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Pennsylvania College of Technology tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that are best for non-traditional engineering technologies students. Located in the small city of Williamsport, Penn College is a public school with a small student population. Penn College also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.

The student loan default rate at Penn College is lower than is typical, just 2.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 1,637 students take at least one class online at Penn College. 755 students are part time.

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Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best engineering technologies schools for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit school with a 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 Engineering Technologies in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. 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.

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New Jersey Institute of Technology earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. NJIT is a fairly large public school located in the city of Newark. As a testament to the quality of education offered at NJIT, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 3,018 students at NJIT that take at least one class online. 3,015 students are part time.

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Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best engineering technologies schools 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. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #9 on our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

The student loan default rate at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 656 students at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology that take at least one class online. 268 students are part time.

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Farmingdale State College comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the large suburb of Farmingdale, SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies 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. There are approximately 4,982 students at SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale that take at least one class online. 2,007 of SUNY College of Technology at Farmingdale students are attending part time.

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SUNY Polytechnic Institute earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the midsize suburb of Utica, SUNY Poly is a public school with a small student population. SUNY Poly not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

About 3.0% of SUNY Poly students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 1,304 students take at least one class online at SUNY Poly. There are roughly 847 part time students in attendance at SUNY Poly.

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Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

Our rankings recognize Drexel University as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Drexel has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at Drexel is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 6,249 students take at least one class online at Drexel. 5,829 students are part time.

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Millersville University of Pennsylvania earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Millersville, Millersville is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The student loan default rate at Millersville is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 2,500 students take at least one class online at Millersville. There are roughly 2,073 part time students in attendance at Millersville.

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The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Alfred State College. Alfred State is a small public school located in the town of Alfred.

About 3.5% of Alfred State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 690 students at Alfred State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 322 part time students in attendance at Alfred State.

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Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

Temple University earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Temple is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. There are approximately 20,264 students at Temple that take at least one class online. About 4,634 of the students at Temple are attending part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Engineering Technologies Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 711
New York 1,886
New Jersey 272
Maryland 27
District of Columbia 6

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