2021 Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
7Colleges
841Bachelor's Degrees
$33,719Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree 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 Southwest 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
Texas A&M University - College Station has taken the #1 spot in this year's aerospace & aeronautical engineering ranking for non-traditional students. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station. Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Southwest Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. 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.
Our rankings recognize The University of Texas at Austin as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a very large student population. UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 23,198 students take at least one class online at UT Austin. About 3,479 of the students at UT Austin are attending part time.
University of Arizona landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best aerospace & aeronautical engineering schools for non-traditional students. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tucson. University of Arizona also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Southwest Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.6%. There are approximately 18,254 students at University of Arizona that take at least one class online. About 12,642 of the students at University of Arizona are attending part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman. University of Oklahoma not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Southwest Region list.
The student loan default rate at University of Oklahoma is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 12,433 students take at least one class online at University of Oklahoma. 6,082 of University of Oklahoma students are attending part time.
The University of Texas at Arlington earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public college with a very large student population. UT Arlington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Southwest Region list.
About 1.4% of UT Arlington students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 17,309 of UT Arlington students are exclusively distance learners. 22,217 students are part time.
Arizona State University - Tempe earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Southwest Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at ASU - Tempe is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 37,856 students take at least one class online at ASU - Tempe. 8,480 of ASU - Tempe students are attending part time.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best aerospace & aeronautical engineering schools for non-traditional students. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces. NMSU Main Campus also made our Best Colleges for Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #8.
The student loan default rate at NMSU Main Campus is lower than is typical, just 3.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 7,734 students at NMSU Main Campus that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,478 part time students in attendance at NMSU Main Campus.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 7 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).
