2021 Best Business Administration & Management Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
71Colleges
19,907Bachelor's Degrees
$29,990Avg 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 Southwest Region ranking, we looked at 71 colleges that offer a bachelor's in business administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality business administration & management programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the business administration & management program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Business Administration & Management Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying business administration.
Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Texas A&M University - College Station has taken the #1 spot in this year's business administration & management ranking for non-traditional students. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the midsize city of College Station. Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Business Administration & Management in the Southwest Region list.
About 0.6% of Texas A&M College Station students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 24,343 students at Texas A&M College Station that take at least one class online. There are roughly 9,943 part time students in attendance at Texas A&M College Station.
Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best business administration & management schools for non-traditional students. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population. ASU - Tempe not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Business Administration & Management in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. Approximately 37,856 students take at least one class online at ASU - Tempe. 8,480 of ASU - Tempe students are attending part time.
University of Houston - Downtown landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best business administration & management schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Houston, UH Downtown is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.3%. Approximately 6,159 students take at least one class online at UH Downtown. About 8,391 of the students at UH Downtown are attending part time.
The University of Texas at Austin comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UT Austin has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Business Administration & Management in the Southwest Region ranking.
About 0.8% of UT Austin students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 23,198 students take at least one class online at UT Austin. 3,479 students are part time.
University of the Incarnate Word comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. UIW is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Antonio.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. There are approximately 2,542 students at UIW that take at least one class online. 1,338 of UIW students are attending part time.
Grand Canyon University earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Grand Canyon University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Phoenix.
About 1.5% of Grand Canyon University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 79,865 students at Grand Canyon University are exclusively online. About 80,777 of the students at Grand Canyon University are attending part time.
The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best business administration & management schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public school with a very large student population.
About 1.4% of UT Arlington students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 17,309 of UT Arlington students are exclusively distance learners. About 22,217 of the students at UT Arlington are attending part time.
University of Arizona landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best business administration & management schools for non-traditional students. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson. University of Arizona also made our Best Colleges for Business Administration & Management in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #7.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.6%. Approximately 18,254 students take at least one class online at University of Arizona. 12,642 students are part time.
University of Phoenix - Arizona earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Phoenix, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
The student loan default rate at UOPX - Arizona is lower than is typical, just 2.6% of students default in three years. 85,576 of UOPX - Arizona students are exclusively distance learners.
The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Texas Tech University. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population. Texas Tech not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #9 on our Best Colleges for Business Administration & Management in the Southwest Region list.
The student loan default rate at Texas Tech is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 22,394 students take at least one class online at Texas Tech. About 7,077 of the students at Texas Tech are attending part time.
Here are some additional great schools for Southwest Region non-traditional students studying Business Administration that almost earned our Best Business Administration & Management Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest 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).
