2021 Best Civil Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Illinois
6Colleges
418Bachelor's Degrees
$28,129Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Civil Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
In <nil>, 418 bachelor's degrees were awarded to civil engineering students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #43 most popular major in the state. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 2.8% of all the civil eng bachelor's degrees in the country.
This year's Best Civil Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Illinois ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in civil eng. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality civil 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 civil engineering program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Civil Eng Schools for Non-Traditional Students list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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2021 Best Civil Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Illinois
Check out the civil eng programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Civil Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Illinois Institute of Technology tops the 2021 list of our schools in Illinois that are best for non-traditional civil engineering students. Located in the large city of Chicago, Illinois Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Illinois Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in Illinois ranking.
The student loan default rate at Illinois Tech is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 1,752 students take at least one class online at Illinois Tech. 1,354 students are part time.
University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best civil engineering schools for non-traditional students. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Chicago. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIC, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in Illinois ranking.
About 0.7% of UIC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 19,768 students at UIC that take at least one class online. About 5,712 of the students at UIC are attending part time.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population. UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in Illinois list.
The student loan default rate at UIUC is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 35,475 students at UIUC that take at least one class online. There are roughly 10,007 part time students in attendance at UIUC.
Bradley University earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the midsize city of Peoria, Bradley is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Bradley has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in Illinois ranking.
About 0.9% of Bradley students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,063 students take at least one class online at Bradley. There are roughly 1,013 part time students in attendance at Bradley.
The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. SIUE is a large public school located in the suburb of Edwardsville. SIUE also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in Illinois rankings.
The student loan default rate at SIUE is lower than is typical, just 2.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 7,500 students take at least one class online at SIUE. 3,603 of SIUE students are attending part time.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best civil engineering schools for non-traditional students. SIUC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Carbondale. SIUC not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in Illinois list.
The student loan default rate at SIUC is lower than is typical, just 2.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 2,640 students take at least one class online at SIUC. 2,629 students are part time.
Civil Engineering Related Non-Traditional Student Rankings by Major
Civil Engineering is one of 41 different types of Engineering programs to choose from.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 6 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).