2021 Best Chemical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
7Colleges
538Bachelor's Degrees
$27,911Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Chemical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Chemical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, we looked at 7 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 the Rocky Mountains Region
Check out the chem eng programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Chemical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Brigham Young University - Provo has taken the #1 spot in this year's chemical engineering ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the midsize city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population. BYU also made our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #2.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.4%. There are approximately 12,325 students at BYU that take at least one class online. About 4,504 of the students at BYU are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Utah as the #2 school in this year's rankings. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City. U of U also made our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #4.
About 0.8% of U of U students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 19,378 students take at least one class online at U of U. 7,185 students are part time.
University of Colorado Boulder comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Boulder. CU - Boulder also made our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #3.
The student loan default rate at CU - Boulder is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. Approximately 24,299 students take at least one class online at CU - Boulder. There are roughly 7,631 part time students in attendance at CU - Boulder.
Colorado State University - Fort Collins comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a very large student population. Colorado State also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at Colorado State is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 12,180 students at Colorado State that take at least one class online. About 9,631 of the students at Colorado State are attending part time.
University of Idaho earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. U of I is a large public school located in the distant town of Moscow. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, U of I has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. There are approximately 3,845 students at U of I that take at least one class online. 3,189 of U of I students are attending part time.
Montana State University comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. MSU Bozeman is a large public school located in the remote town of Bozeman. MSU Bozeman also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
About 1.2% of MSU Bozeman students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,510 students at MSU Bozeman that take at least one class online. 3,804 students are part time.
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Wyoming. UW is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Laramie. UW also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 5,894 students at UW that take at least one class online. About 2,493 of the students at UW are attending part time.
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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).
