2021 Best Business Administration & Management Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
124Colleges
15,752Bachelor's Degrees
$30,749Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Business Administration & Management Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking, we looked at 124 colleges that offer a bachelor's in business administration. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent business administration & management programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the business administration & management program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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2021 Best Business Administration & Management Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Business Administration & Management Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 15% Best Business Administration & Management Schools for Non-Traditional Students
American InterContinental University - Online tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Great Lakes Region that are best for non-traditional business administration & management students. AIU Online is a large private for-profit school located in the rural area of Chandler.
The student loan default rate at AIU Online is lower than is typical, just 4.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 13,480 students at AIU Online and they are all exclusively distance learners. 1,555 students are part time.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population. UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Business Administration & Management in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. Approximately 35,475 students take at least one class online at UIUC. About 10,007 of the students at UIUC are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Michigan State University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the city of East Lansing. Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Business Administration & Management in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 33,526 students at Michigan State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 6,517 part time students in attendance at Michigan State.
Ohio State University - Main Campus comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a fairly large student population. Ohio State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for Business Administration & Management in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at Ohio State is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 42,293 students at Ohio State that take at least one class online. 8,459 of Ohio State students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Cincinnati - Main Campus as the #5 school in this year's rankings. UC is a very large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC, the school also landed the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Business Administration & Management in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. Approximately 17,465 students take at least one class online at UC. About 10,255 of the students at UC are attending part time.
Oakland City University landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best business administration & management schools for non-traditional students. Located in the town of Oakland City, Oakland City is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
The student loan default rate at Oakland City is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 187 students take at least one class online at Oakland City. 225 students are part time.
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population. U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Business Administration & Management in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.2%. There are approximately 15,737 students at U-M that take at least one class online. 3,568 of U-M students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Marquette University as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Marquette is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Milwaukee. Marquette did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Business Administration & Management in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. There are approximately 2,535 students at Marquette that take at least one class online. 1,342 of Marquette students are attending part time.
Ashland University earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the fringe town of Ashland, Ashland is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. 1,358 students at Ashland are exclusively online. 1,993 students are part time.
University of Wisconsin - Madison comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population. UW - Madison also made our Best Colleges for Business Administration & Management in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #8.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.2%. Approximately 11,375 students take at least one class online at UW - Madison. 4,683 students are part time.
DePaul University earned the #11 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population. DePaul excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Business Administration & Management in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. Approximately 8,996 students take at least one class online at DePaul. 3,547 of DePaul students are attending part time.
The #12 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Miami University - Oxford. Located in the fringe town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public school with a large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Miami University - Oxford, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Business Administration & Management in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 5,388 students take at least one class online at Miami University - Oxford. 1,700 of Miami University - Oxford students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Central Michigan University as the #13 school in this year's rankings. Central Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant. In addition to being on our bet for non-traditional students list, Central Michigan is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Business Administration & Management in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at Central Michigan is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 3,727 students take at least one class online at Central Michigan. About 3,991 of the students at Central Michigan are attending part time.
Lewis University landed the #14 spot in our 2021 best business administration & management schools for non-traditional students. Lewis is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Romeoville. On top of its placing in our non-traditional rankings, Lewis also did well on our Best Colleges for Business Administration & Management in the Great Lakes Region list. It's in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in that analysis.
About 1.4% of Lewis students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,947 students take at least one class online at Lewis. About 2,022 of the students at Lewis are attending part time.
Purdue University - Main Campus earned the #15 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Purdue has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Business Administration & Management in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 0.8% of Purdue students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 19,239 students take at least one class online at Purdue. 7,612 of Purdue students are attending part time.
Concordia University, Wisconsin landed the #16 spot in our 2021 best business administration & management schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large suburb of Mequon, Concordia University, Wisconsin is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. On top of its placing in our non-traditional rankings, Concordia University, Wisconsin also did well on our Best Colleges for Business Administration & Management in the Great Lakes Region list. It's in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in that analysis.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. 1,472 students at Concordia University, Wisconsin are exclusively online. There are roughly 1,802 part time students in attendance at Concordia University, Wisconsin.
Malone University earned the #17 spot in our 2021 rankings. Malone is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Canton.
About 3.7% of Malone students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 433 students at Malone that take at least one class online. There are roughly 443 part time students in attendance at Malone.
Loyola University Chicago comes in at #18 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. On top of its placing in our non-traditional rankings, Loyola Chicago also did well on our Best Colleges for Business Administration & Management in the Great Lakes Region list. It's in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in that analysis.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. Approximately 5,319 students take at least one class online at Loyola Chicago. There are roughly 2,121 part time students in attendance at Loyola Chicago.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Business Administration & Management Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region award.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.
References
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).
