2021 Best Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Rhode Island
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Finding the Best Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Out of the majors we analyze each year, engineering was ranked 9th in Rhode Island. In fact, 478 were awarded in the state in <nil>. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 0.4% of all the engineering bachelor's degrees in the country.
For this year's Best Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Rhode Island ranking, we looked at 2 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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2021 Best Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Rhode Island
Check out the engineering programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Rhode Island tops the 2021 list of our schools in Rhode Island that are best for non-traditional engineering students. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public college with a fairly large student population. URI also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Engineering in Rhode Island rankings.
About 1.5% of URI students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 5,504 students at URI that take at least one class online. About 2,982 of the students at URI are attending part time.
Roger Williams University landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best engineering schools for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, RWU has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Engineering in Rhode Island ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. There are approximately 1,561 students at RWU that take at least one class online. 539 students are part time.
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).
Out of the majors we analyze each year, engineering was ranked 9th in Rhode Island. In fact, 478 were awarded in the state in <nil>. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 0.4% of all the engineering bachelor's degrees in the country.
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