2021 Best Journalism Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
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Finding the Best Journalism Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Journalism Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking looked at 25 colleges that offer a bachelor's in journalism. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great journalism programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the journalism program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
As a non-traditional student, you have a lot to consider when it comes to choosing an education. That's why we've developed rankings specifically for you. Check out more major-related rankings here..
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 Journalism Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the journalism programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 10 Best Journalism Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Wisconsin - Madison has taken the #1 spot in this year's journalism ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Journalism in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 0.2% of UW - Madison students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 11,375 students take at least one class online at UW - Madison. There are roughly 4,683 part time students in attendance at UW - Madison.
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Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best journalism schools for non-traditional students. IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the small city of Bloomington. As a testament to the quality of education offered at IU Bloomington, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Journalism in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. There are approximately 18,013 students at IU Bloomington that take at least one class online. 5,256 students are part time.
Read full report on Journalism at Indiana University - Bloomington
Our rankings recognize Ohio University - Athens Campus as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, OHIO Athens has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Journalism in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 1.2% of OHIO Athens students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 11,926 students at OHIO Athens that take at least one class online. About 7,245 of the students at OHIO Athens are attending part time.
Full Journalism at Ohio University - Athens Campus Report
Our rankings recognize Michigan State University as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the small city of East Lansing. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Journalism in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 0.8% of Michigan State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 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.
Full Journalism at Michigan State University Report
Our rankings recognize University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UIUC has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Journalism in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UIUC is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 35,475 students at UIUC that take at least one class online. 10,007 of UIUC students are attending part time.
Full Journalism at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report
Our rankings recognize Ball State University as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Muncie, Ball State is a public school with a large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.9%. Approximately 7,100 students take at least one class online at Ball State. 6,060 students are part time.
Read full report on Journalism at Ball State University
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to DePaul University. Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population. DePaul also took the #9 spot in our Best Colleges for Journalism in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. There are approximately 8,996 students at DePaul that take at least one class online. 3,547 of DePaul students are attending part time.
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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Kent State University at Kent. Kent State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Kent.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. There are approximately 15,625 students at Kent State that take at least one class online. 6,651 of Kent State students are attending part time.
Full Journalism at Kent State University at Kent Report
Our rankings recognize University of Wisconsin - Whitewater as the #9 school in this year's rankings. UW - Whitewater is a large public school located in the distant town of Whitewater.
About 1.0% of UW - Whitewater students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 5,785 students at UW - Whitewater that take at least one class online. About 2,457 of the students at UW - Whitewater are attending part time.
Read full report on Journalism at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public college with a very large student population.
About 1.3% of IUPUI students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 11,579 students at IUPUI that take at least one class online. 6,671 students are part time.
Full Journalism at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Report
