2021 Best Engineering Technologies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
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Finding the Best Engineering Technologies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Engineering Technologies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree 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 Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Engineering Technologies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Engineering Technologies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Oklahoma State University - Main Campus has taken the #1 spot in this year's engineering technologies ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the town of Stillwater, OSU is a public school with a fairly large student population. OSU also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Southwest Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at OSU is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 10,181 students at OSU that take at least one class online. About 5,006 of the students at OSU are attending part time.
Tarleton State University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the town of Stephenville, Tarleton is a public school with a large student population. Tarleton not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.3%. 6,360 of Tarleton students are exclusively distance learners. 4,832 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Houston as the #3 school in this year's rankings. UH is a very large public school located in the large city of Houston. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Southwest Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UH is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 26,121 students take at least one class online at UH. 13,663 students are part time.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. NMSU Main Campus is a large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces. As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Main Campus, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Southwest Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.9%. Approximately 7,734 students take at least one class online at NMSU Main Campus. 3,478 students are part time.
Lamar University landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best engineering technologies schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Beaumont, Lamar University is a public school with a large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Lamar University has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Southwest Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. 9,710 students at Lamar University are exclusively online. 10,969 students are part time.
Texas A&M University - Kingsville earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Texas A&M Kingsville is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Kingsville. Texas A&M Kingsville also made our Best Colleges for Engineering Technologies in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #6.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.5%. There are approximately 3,192 students at Texas A&M Kingsville that take at least one class online. 1,782 of Texas A&M Kingsville students are attending part time.
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).
