2021 Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
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Finding the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region ranking, we looked at 69 colleges that offer a bachelor's in biological & biomedical sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biological & biomedical sciences 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 biological & biomedical sciences program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
More Ways to Rank Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools
The biological & biomedical sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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2021 Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying biological & biomedical sciences.
Top 10 Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of California - Davis tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Far Western US Region that are best for non-traditional biological & biomedical sciences students. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Davis. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UC Davis has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Far Western US Region ranking.
About 0.9% of UC Davis students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 7,892 students at UC Davis that take at least one class online. About 1,668 of the students at UC Davis are attending part time.
University of California - San Diego earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public school with a very large student population. UCSD not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Far Western US Region list.
The student loan default rate at UCSD is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 21,222 students take at least one class online at UCSD. About 1,605 of the students at UCSD are attending part time.
University of California - Los Angeles earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles. UCLA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Far Western US Region list.
The student loan default rate at UCLA is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 25,859 students at UCLA that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,161 part time students in attendance at UCLA.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a fairly large student population. UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Far Western US Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 8,815 students at UW Seattle that take at least one class online. About 9,705 of the students at UW Seattle are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Washington State University as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman. Wazzu excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Far Western US Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. 4,690 students at Wazzu are exclusively online. About 4,985 of the students at Wazzu are attending part time.
California State University - East Bay earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. 7,069 of Cal State East Bay students are exclusively distance learners. About 3,650 of the students at Cal State East Bay are attending part time.
University of the Pacific earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Stockton, Pacific is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population. Pacific also made our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #6.
The student loan default rate at Pacific is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. About 747 of the students at Pacific are attending part time.
Oregon State University earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. Oregon State is a very large public school located in the small city of Corvallis. On top of its placing in our non-traditional rankings, Oregon State also did well on our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Far Western US Region list. It's in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in that analysis.
The student loan default rate at Oregon State is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. 10,888 students at Oregon State are exclusively online. About 10,920 of the students at Oregon State are attending part time.
University of California - Berkeley earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley. UC Berkeley also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Far Western US Region rankings.
About 0.5% of UC Berkeley students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 26,398 students at UC Berkeley that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,099 part time students in attendance at UC Berkeley.
Our rankings recognize University of California - Santa Cruz as the #10 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public college with a fairly large student population. UC Santa Cruz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the Far Western US Region list.
The student loan default rate at UC Santa Cruz is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. There are approximately 11,400 students at UC Santa Cruz that take at least one class online. There are roughly 837 part time students in attendance at UC Santa Cruz.
Here are some additional great schools for Far Western US Region non-traditional students studying Biological & Biomedical Sciences that almost earned our Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region award.
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).
