2021 Best Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Finding the Best Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking looked at 33 colleges that offer a bachelor's in engineering. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent engineering programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the engineering program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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2021 Best Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region
Check out the engineering programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 10 Best Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that are best for non-traditional engineering students. Penn State University Park is a very large public school located in the city of University Park. Penn State University Park did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
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.
Read full report on Engineering at Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus
New Jersey Institute of Technology earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. NJIT is a large public school located in the city of Newark. NJIT also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at NJIT is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 3,018 students take at least one class online at NJIT. 3,015 of NJIT students are attending part time.
Read full report on Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Johns Hopkins University. 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 #6 on our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. 14,847 students at Johns Hopkins are exclusively online. About 14,794 of the students at Johns Hopkins are attending part time.
Read full report on Engineering at Johns Hopkins University
Our rankings recognize Drexel University as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia. Drexel also claimed a spot on our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It's in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
About 0.9% of Drexel students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 6,249 students at Drexel that take at least one class online. About 5,829 of the students at Drexel are attending part time.
Full Engineering at Drexel University Report
Cornell University earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Cornell has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.4%. There are approximately 2,837 students at Cornell that take at least one class online. 574 of Cornell students are attending part time.
Read full report on Engineering at Cornell University
Rutgers University - New Brunswick earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public school located in the 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. There are roughly 7,559 part time students in attendance at Rutgers New Brunswick.
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Syracuse University earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The student loan default rate at Syracuse is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. Approximately 2,812 students take at least one class online at Syracuse. 3,491 students are part time.
Read full report on Engineering at Syracuse University
Our rankings recognize University of Maryland - College Park as the #8 school in this year's rankings. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 11,700 students at UMCP that take at least one class online. 4,841 of UMCP students are attending part time.
Full Engineering at University of Maryland - College Park Report
The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to SUNY Maritime College. SUNY Maritime College is a small public school located in the city of Throggs Neck.
The student loan default rate at SUNY Maritime College is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 479 students take at least one class online at SUNY Maritime College. 177 of SUNY Maritime College students are attending part time.
Read full report on Engineering at SUNY Maritime College
University of Delaware comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Newark, UD is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UD also is in the top 20% of our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
About 0.9% of UD students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 13,666 students take at least one class online at UD. 2,486 of UD students are attending part time.
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