2021 Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Finding the Best Mechanical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking analyzed 30 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in me. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mechanical 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 mechanical engineering program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Mechanical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 10 Best Mechanical Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
SUNY Maritime College has taken the #1 spot in this year's mechanical engineering ranking for non-traditional students. SUNY Maritime College is a small public school located in the city of Throggs Neck. As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY Maritime College, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 479 students take at least one class online at SUNY Maritime College. There are roughly 177 part time students in attendance at SUNY Maritime College.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. NJIT is a large public school located in the large city of Newark.
About 0.7% of NJIT students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 3,018 students at NJIT that take at least one class online. 3,015 students are part time.
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The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Cornell University. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Cornell has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.4%. 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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Drexel University earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 6,249 students at Drexel that take at least one class online. 5,829 students are part time.
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Johns Hopkins University landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best mechanical engineering schools for non-traditional students. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore. Johns Hopkins not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
The student loan default rate at Johns Hopkins is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. 14,847 of Johns Hopkins students are exclusively distance learners. About 14,794 of the students at Johns Hopkins are attending part time.
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Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best mechanical engineering schools for non-traditional students. Penn State University Park is a very large public school located in the city of University Park.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.0%. All of Penn State University Park students are attending part time.
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Rochester Institute of Technology earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 9,961 students at RIT that take at least one class online. 1,867 of RIT students are attending part time.
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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Maryland - College Park. UMCP is a very large public school located in the suburb of College Park. UMCP not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #9 on our Best Colleges for Mechanical Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
The student loan default rate at UMCP is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 11,700 students take at least one class online at UMCP. 4,841 students are part time.
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Rutgers University - New Brunswick earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public school located in the small city of New Brunswick.
The student loan default rate at Rutgers New Brunswick is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. There are approximately 30,054 students at Rutgers New Brunswick that take at least one class online. 7,559 students are part time.
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The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Stony Brook University. Located in the large suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public college with a very large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. Approximately 14,521 students take at least one class online at SUNY Stony Brook. 4,151 of SUNY Stony Brook students are attending part time.
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