2021 Best Chemical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
7Colleges
535Bachelor's Degrees
$38,120Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Chemical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Chemical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer a bachelor's in chem eng. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent chemical engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the chemical engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The chem eng school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Chem Eng Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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2021 Best Chemical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying chem eng.
Best Chemical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Northeastern University has taken the #1 spot in this year's chemical engineering ranking for non-traditional students. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston. Northeastern also made our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the New England Region list, coming in at #3.
The student loan default rate at Northeastern is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 7,987 students at Northeastern that take at least one class online. 1,267 of Northeastern students are attending part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Massachusetts - Lowell. Located in the large suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UMass Lowell has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the New England Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UMass Lowell is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. 5,042 students at UMass Lowell are exclusively online. 5,980 of UMass Lowell students are attending part time.
University of Connecticut earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a very large student population. UCONN also made our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the New England Region list, coming in at #5.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 11,648 students take at least one class online at UCONN. About 3,257 of the students at UCONN are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Massachusetts Amherst as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Amherst, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the New England Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UMass Amherst is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. 4,105 students at UMass Amherst are exclusively online. About 6,786 of the students at UMass Amherst are attending part time.
The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Maine. UMaine is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Orono. UMaine also took the #9 spot in our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the New England Region rankings.
About 1.7% of UMaine students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 5,820 students take at least one class online at UMaine. There are roughly 3,614 part time students in attendance at UMaine.
University of New Hampshire - Main Campus earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. UNH is a large public school located in the small suburb of Durham. UNH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the New England Region list.
The student loan default rate at UNH is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. Approximately 3,625 students take at least one class online at UNH. About 1,355 of the students at UNH are attending part time.
University of Rhode Island comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. Approximately 5,504 students take at least one class online at URI. There are roughly 2,982 part time students in attendance at URI.
Chemical Engineering Related Non-Traditional Student Rankings by Major
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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).
