2021 Best Civil Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Pennsylvania
6Colleges
735Bachelor's Degrees
$40,187Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Civil Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Civil Engineering is the #35 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 735 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that 5.0% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
This year's Best Civil Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Pennsylvania ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer a bachelor's in civil eng. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent civil 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 civil engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The civil 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 Civil 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 Civil Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Pennsylvania
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying civil eng.
Best Civil Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus tops the 2021 list of our schools in Pennsylvania that are best for non-traditional civil engineering students. Penn State University Park is a very large public school located in the small city of University Park. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Penn State University Park has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in Pennsylvania ranking.
About 0.0% of Penn State University Park students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. All students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Drexel University as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia. Drexel did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in Pennsylvania list.
The student loan default rate at Drexel is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 6,249 students take at least one class online at Drexel. There are roughly 5,829 part time students in attendance at Drexel.
Villanova University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Villanova has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in Pennsylvania ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.3%. 1,551 students at Villanova are exclusively online. There are roughly 2,678 part time students in attendance at Villanova.
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public school with a very large student population. Pitt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in Pennsylvania list.
About 1.3% of Pitt students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 5,643 students at Pitt that take at least one class online. 6,672 students are part time.
Temple University earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Temple is a fairly large public school located in the city of Philadelphia. Temple did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for Civil Engineering in Pennsylvania list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. There are approximately 20,264 students at Temple that take at least one class online. About 4,634 of the students at Temple are attending part time.
Widener University landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best civil engineering schools for non-traditional students. Widener is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Chester.
The student loan default rate at Widener is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. 1,310 students at Widener are exclusively online. About 1,581 of the students at Widener are attending 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).
Civil Engineering is the #35 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 735 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that 5.0% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
