2021 Best Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region ranking looked at 20 colleges that offer a bachelor's in engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the engineering program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Engineering Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 10 Best Engineering Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Missouri University of Science and Technology tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Plains States Region that are best for non-traditional engineering students. Located in the town of Rolla, Missouri University of Science and Technology is a public college with a medium-sized student population. Missouri University of Science and Technology also made our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #1.
About 0.8% of Missouri University of Science and Technology students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,726 students at Missouri University of Science and Technology that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,272 part time students in attendance at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
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Iowa State University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a fairly large student population. Iowa State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Plains States Region list.
The student loan default rate at Iowa State is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 14,911 students take at least one class online at Iowa State. About 3,155 of the students at Iowa State are attending part time.
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The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the city of Minneapolis. UMN Twin Cities also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Plains States Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. There are approximately 21,237 students at UMN Twin Cities that take at least one class online. 13,655 of UMN Twin Cities students are attending part time.
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Kansas State University landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best engineering schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a large student population. K -State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Plains States Region list.
The student loan default rate at K -State is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 6,181 students at K -State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,739 part time students in attendance at K -State.
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Our rankings recognize University of Nebraska - Lincoln as the #5 school in this year's rankings. UNL is a very large public school located in the city of Lincoln. UNL also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Plains States Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at UNL is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 13,905 students take at least one class online at UNL. There are roughly 3,376 part time students in attendance at UNL.
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University of Missouri - Columbia earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a fairly large student population. Mizzou also made our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #7.
The student loan default rate at Mizzou is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 15,161 students take at least one class online at Mizzou. 5,276 students are part time.
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University of Iowa earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Iowa is a very large public school located in the city of Iowa City. Iowa not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Plains States Region list.
About 1.2% of Iowa students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 12,975 students take at least one class online at Iowa. 5,055 of Iowa students are attending part time.
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South Dakota State University comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a large student population.
The student loan default rate at South Dakota State is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,503 students at South Dakota State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,375 part time students in attendance at South Dakota State.
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North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best engineering schools for non-traditional students. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fargo.
About 1.1% of North Dakota State University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 5,213 students at North Dakota State University that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,437 part time students in attendance at North Dakota State University.
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The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Kansas. KU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Lawrence. KU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for Engineering in the Plains States Region list.
About 1.2% of KU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 11,364 students take at least one class online at KU. 4,657 students are part time.
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