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2021 Best Electrical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region

21 Colleges
2,429 Bachelor's Degrees
$35,748 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Electrical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Electrical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region

This year's Best Electrical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking analyzed 21 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in ee. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality electrical engineering programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the electrical engineering program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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2021 Best Electrical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Electrical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Electrical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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New Jersey Institute of Technology tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that are best for non-traditional electrical engineering students. NJIT is a large public school located in the large city of Newark. As a testament to the quality of education offered at NJIT, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. Approximately 3,018 students take at least one class online at NJIT. 3,015 students are part time.

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Our rankings recognize Cornell University as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population. Cornell not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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.

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public school located in the small city of New Brunswick. Rutgers New Brunswick not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

About 1.1% of Rutgers New Brunswick students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 30,054 students take at least one class online at Rutgers New Brunswick. 7,559 of Rutgers New Brunswick students are attending part time.

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Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

Drexel University comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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. About 5,829 of the students at Drexel are attending part time.

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University of Maryland - College Park earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of College Park. UMCP also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.

About 0.7% of UMCP students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 11,700 students at UMCP that take at least one class online. About 4,841 of the students at UMCP are attending part time.

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The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus. Penn State University Park is a fairly large public school located in the city of University Park. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Penn State University Park has also earned the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at Penn State University Park is lower than is typical, just 0.0% of students default in three years. All of Penn State University Park students are attending part time.

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Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best electrical engineering schools for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 9,961 students take at least one class online at RIT. There are roughly 1,867 part time students in attendance at RIT.

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Columbia University in the City of New York comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Columbia is a very 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 #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Electrical Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region 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. There are roughly 4,854 part time students in attendance at Columbia.

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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best electrical engineering schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public college with a very large student population.

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. There are roughly 6,672 part time students in attendance at Pitt.

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The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Binghamton University. Binghamton University is a large public school located in the suburb of Vestal.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 1,472 students at Binghamton University that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,855 part time students in attendance at Binghamton University.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Electrical Engineering Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students electrical engineering schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 888
Pennsylvania 852
Maryland 222
New Jersey 442
Delaware 31
District of Columbia 29

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*Avg Cost is for the top 21 schools only.

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