2021 Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
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Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking looked at 75 colleges that offer a bachelor's in business, management & marketing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent business, management & marketing 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, management & marketing program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 15% Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of the Incarnate Word has taken the #1 spot in this year's business, management & marketing ranking for non-traditional students. UIW is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Antonio. UIW also took the #9 spot in our Best Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing in the Southwest Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. Approximately 2,542 students take at least one class online at UIW. 1,338 of UIW students are attending part time.
Baylor University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the midsize city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population. Baylor did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. Approximately 9,716 students take at least one class online at Baylor. 2,125 of Baylor students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Southern Nazarene University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. SNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bethany.
The student loan default rate at SNU is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. 599 students at SNU are exclusively online. About 467 of the students at SNU are attending part time.
University of North Texas earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton. In addition to being on our bet for non-traditional students list, UNT is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.8%. Approximately 20,194 students take at least one class online at UNT. There are roughly 12,105 part time students in attendance at UNT.
Texas A&M University - College Station comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly 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 #5 on our Best Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing 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.
Southern Methodist University comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population. SMU also made our Best Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.
The student loan default rate at SMU is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. 912 students at SMU are exclusively online. 3,019 of SMU students are attending part time.
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Arizona State University - Tempe. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a fairly large student population. ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing in the Southwest Region list.
About 1.5% of ASU - Tempe students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 37,856 students take at least one class online at ASU - Tempe. 8,480 students are part time.
Mid-America Christian University earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. MACU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Oklahoma City.
About 2.9% of MACU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 1,556 students at MACU are exclusively online. 571 of MACU students are attending part time.
University of Houston landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best business, management & marketing schools for non-traditional students. UH is a very large public school located in the city of Houston. UH not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing in the Southwest Region list.
About 0.5% of UH students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 26,121 students take at least one class online at UH. About 13,663 of the students at UH are attending part time.
The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman. University of Oklahoma did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing in the Southwest Region list.
The student loan default rate at University of Oklahoma is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 12,433 students take at least one class online at University of Oklahoma. There are roughly 6,082 part time students in attendance at University of Oklahoma.
University of Arizona comes in at #11 in this year's ranking. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tucson. On top of its placing in our non-traditional rankings, University of Arizona also did well on our Best Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing in the Southwest Region list. It's in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in that analysis.
About 1.6% of University of Arizona students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 18,254 students at University of Arizona that take at least one class online. 12,642 of University of Arizona students are attending part time.
Here are some additional great schools for Southwest Region non-traditional students studying Business, Management & Marketing that almost earned our Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest 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).
