2021 Best Chemical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
9Colleges
655Bachelor's Degrees
$29,640Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Chemical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Chemical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region ranking looked at 9 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.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Chem Eng Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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2021 Best Chemical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying chem eng.
Best Chemical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Missouri University of Science and Technology tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Plains States Region that are best for non-traditional chemical engineering students. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Rolla. Missouri University of Science and Technology did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Plains States Region list.
About 0.8% of Missouri University of Science and Technology students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,726 students at Missouri University of Science and Technology that take at least one class online. About 1,272 of the students at Missouri University of Science and Technology are attending part time.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best chemical engineering schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Plains States Region ranking.
About 0.6% of UMN Twin Cities students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 21,237 students at UMN Twin Cities that take at least one class online. 13,655 of UMN Twin Cities students are attending part time.
Iowa State University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ames. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa State, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Plains States Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Iowa State is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 14,911 students at Iowa State that take at least one class online. 3,155 students are part time.
Kansas State University earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. K -State is a large public school located in the small city of Manhattan. K -State also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Plains States Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at K -State is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 6,181 students at K -State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,739 part time students in attendance at K -State.
University of Iowa earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Plains States Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Iowa is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 12,975 students take at least one class online at Iowa. About 5,055 of the students at Iowa are attending part time.
University of Minnesota - Duluth comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. UMN Duluth is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Duluth. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Duluth, the school also landed the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Plains States Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UMN Duluth is lower than is typical, just 0.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 4,332 students at UMN Duluth that take at least one class online. 1,623 students are part time.
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UNL has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Plains States Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. There are approximately 13,905 students at UNL that take at least one class online. 3,376 of UNL students are attending part time.
University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best chemical engineering schools for non-traditional students. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mizzou, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemical Engineering in the Plains States Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. Approximately 15,161 students take at least one class online at Mizzou. 5,276 of Mizzou students are attending part time.
University of Kansas comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a very large student population.
About 1.2% of KU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 11,364 students take at least one class online at KU. About 4,657 of the students at KU are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Chem Eng
One of 41 majors within the Engineering area of study, Chemical Engineering has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 9 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).
