2021 Best Business/Managerial Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
8Colleges
1,116Bachelor's Degrees
$40,171Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Business/Managerial Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Business/Managerial Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in managerial economics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent business/managerial economics 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 business/managerial economics program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Business/Managerial Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying managerial economics.
Best Business/Managerial Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of California - Los Angeles tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Far Western US Region that are best for non-traditional business/managerial economics students. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a fairly large student population. UCLA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Business/Managerial Economics in the Far Western US Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. 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.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of California - Irvine. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public school with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UC Irvine has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Business/Managerial Economics in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. Approximately 23,448 students take at least one class online at UC Irvine. 1,201 of UC Irvine students are attending part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of California - Santa Cruz. UC Santa Cruz is a large public school located in the small city of Santa Cruz. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Santa Cruz, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Business/Managerial Economics in the Far Western US Region ranking.
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.
Our rankings recognize Seattle University as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Seattle U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle. Seattle U not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Business/Managerial Economics in the Far Western US Region list.
The student loan default rate at Seattle U is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,609 students at Seattle U that take at least one class online. 1,465 of Seattle U students are attending part time.
University of California - Davis comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UC Davis has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Business/Managerial Economics 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. There are roughly 1,668 part time students in attendance at UC Davis.
California State University - Long Beach earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public school with a fairly large student population. CSULB not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #9 on our Best Colleges for Business/Managerial Economics in the Far Western US Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 24,806 students take at least one class online at CSULB. 8,046 of CSULB students are attending part time.
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Chapman University. Chapman is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Orange. Chapman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Business/Managerial Economics in the Far Western US Region list.
The student loan default rate at Chapman is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 185 students at Chapman that take at least one class online. 1,064 of Chapman students are attending part time.
University of California - Riverside comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Riverside, UCR is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCR, the school also landed the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Business/Managerial Economics in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UCR is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 17,351 students take at least one class online at UCR. About 1,118 of the students at UCR are attending part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 8 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).
