2021 Best Chemical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California
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Finding the Best Chemical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
With 846 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, chemical engineering is the #60 most popular major in California. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 9.0% of all the chem eng bachelor's degrees in the country.
This year's Best Chemical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer a bachelor's in chem eng. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality chemical 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 chemical engineering program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Chemical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in California
Check out the chem eng programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 10 Best Chemical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of California - Berkeley has taken the #1 spot in this year's chemical engineering ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a fairly large student population. UC Berkeley also made our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in California list, coming in at #1.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 26,398 students take at least one class online at UC Berkeley. 4,099 students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Southern California as the #2 school in this year's rankings. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles. USC also made our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in California list, coming in at #2.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 15,291 students take at least one class online at USC. 6,687 of USC students are attending part time.
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University of California - Los Angeles earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UCLA has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in California ranking.
About 0.7% of UCLA students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 25,859 students take at least one class online at UCLA. There are roughly 2,161 part time students in attendance at UCLA.
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University of California - Davis landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best chemical engineering schools for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a very large student population. UC Davis also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in California rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 7,892 students take at least one class online at UC Davis. 1,668 of UC Davis students are attending part time.
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University of California - Irvine comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a fairly large student population. UC Irvine also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in California rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. Approximately 23,448 students take at least one class online at UC Irvine. 1,201 of UC Irvine students are attending part time.
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California State Polytechnic University - Pomona comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Cal Poly Pomona is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Pomona. Cal Poly Pomona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in California list.
About 1.0% of Cal Poly Pomona students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 20,284 students take at least one class online at Cal Poly Pomona. There are roughly 5,151 part time students in attendance at Cal Poly Pomona.
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San Jose State University earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public college with a very large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 19,939 students take at least one class online at San Jose State. There are roughly 9,800 part time students in attendance at San Jose State.
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Our rankings recognize University of California - San Diego as the #8 school in this year's rankings. UCSD is a very large public school located in the city of La Jolla. UCSD also made our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in California list, coming in at #6.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. Approximately 21,222 students take at least one class online at UCSD. 1,605 students are part time.
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University of California - Riverside comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Riverside, UCR is a public school with a very large student population. UCR did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in California list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 17,351 students take at least one class online at UCR. 1,118 students are part time.
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University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #10 spot in our 2021 best chemical engineering schools for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public school with a very large student population. UCSB also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in California rankings.
The student loan default rate at UCSB is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,596 students at UCSB that take at least one class online. There are roughly 880 part time students in attendance at UCSB.
Full Chemical Engineering at University of California - Santa Barbara Report
