2021 Best Civil Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New York
7Colleges
724Bachelor's Degrees
$37,924Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Civil Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Civil Engineering is the #59 most popular major in New York with 724 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that of the 14,747 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 4.9% were from a college or university in the state.
This year's Best Civil Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New York ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer a bachelor's in civil eng. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great civil engineering programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the civil engineering program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Civil Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in New York
The following schools top our list of the Best Civil Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Civil Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Manhattan College has taken the #1 spot in this year's civil engineering ranking for non-traditional students. Manhattan is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Riverdale. Manhattan also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in New York rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. Approximately 246 students take at least one class online at Manhattan. About 250 of the students at Manhattan are attending part time.
Cornell University landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best civil engineering schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cornell, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in New York ranking.
The student loan default rate at Cornell is lower than is typical, just 0.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 2,837 students take at least one class online at Cornell. There are roughly 574 part time students in attendance at Cornell.
Syracuse University comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. Syracuse also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in New York rankings.
About 1.1% of Syracuse students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,812 students take at least one class online at Syracuse. There are roughly 3,491 part time students in attendance at Syracuse.
Columbia University in the City of New York earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Columbia has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in New York ranking.
The student loan default rate at Columbia is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 6,172 students at Columbia that take at least one class online. 4,854 of Columbia students are attending part time.
University at Buffalo comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. University at Buffalo is a very large public school located in the suburb of Buffalo. University at Buffalo not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in New York list.
About 1.3% of University at Buffalo students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 16,575 students at University at Buffalo that take at least one class online. About 5,053 of the students at University at Buffalo are attending part time.
New York University landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best civil engineering schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population. NYU also made our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in New York list, coming in at #8.
The student loan default rate at NYU is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 21,614 students take at least one class online at NYU. 8,829 of NYU students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize The City College of New York as the #7 school in this year's rankings. CCNY is a large public school located in the city of New York. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, CCNY has also earned the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in New York ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. Approximately 7,864 students take at least one class online at CCNY. About 4,373 of the students at CCNY are attending part time.
Civil 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).