2021 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
6Colleges
889Bachelor's Degrees
$31,617Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a bachelor's in aerospace engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality aerospace & aeronautical engineering 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 aerospace & aeronautical engineering 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 Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Great Lakes Region that are best for non-traditional aerospace & aeronautical engineering students. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a fairly large student population. U-M also made our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #1.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.2%. There are approximately 15,737 students at U-M that take at least one class online. 3,568 students are part time.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best aerospace & aeronautical engineering schools for non-traditional students. UC is a very large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati. UC also made our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.
The student loan default rate at UC is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 17,465 students take at least one class online at UC. About 10,255 of the students at UC are attending part time.
Ohio State University - Main Campus comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ohio State, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 1.2% of Ohio State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 42,293 students at Ohio State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 8,459 part time students in attendance at Ohio State.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UIUC has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 0.6% of UIUC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 35,475 students take at least one class online at UIUC. About 10,007 of the students at UIUC are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Purdue University - Main Campus as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a very large student population. Purdue did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at Purdue is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 19,239 students take at least one class online at Purdue. There are roughly 7,612 part time students in attendance at Purdue.
Western Michigan University earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. WMU is a large public school located in the small city of Kalamazoo. WMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at WMU is lower than is typical, just 2.0% of students default in three years. Approximately 10,416 students take at least one class online at WMU. There are roughly 5,241 part time students in attendance at WMU.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 6 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).
