2021 Best General Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
6Colleges
1,389Bachelor's Degrees
$40,963Avg Cost*
Finding the Best General Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best General Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a bachelor's in education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general education 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 general education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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 General Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
The following schools top our list of the Best General Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best General Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Hawaii - West Oahu has taken the #1 spot in this year's general education ranking for non-traditional students. UH West Oahu is a small public school located in the suburb of Kapolei. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UH West Oahu has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for General Education in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UH West Oahu is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. 2,442 students at UH West Oahu are exclusively online. 1,367 of UH West Oahu students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Oregon State University as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public college with a very large student population. Oregon State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for General Education in the Far Western US Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. 10,888 students at Oregon State are exclusively online. 10,920 of Oregon State students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Corban University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Salem, Corban is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. Corban did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for General Education in the Far Western US Region list.
The student loan default rate at Corban is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 157 students take at least one class online at Corban. There are roughly 328 part time students in attendance at Corban.
Our rankings recognize University of California - Irvine as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a very large student population. UC Irvine also made our Best Colleges for General Education in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #1.
The student loan default rate at UC Irvine is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 23,448 students at UC Irvine that take at least one class online. 1,201 students are part time.
City University of Seattle landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best general education schools for non-traditional students. CityU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle. As a testament to the quality of education offered at CityU, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for General Education in the Far Western US Region ranking.
About 1.4% of CityU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 874 students at CityU are exclusively online. There are roughly 1,792 part time students in attendance at CityU.
Chapman University earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Chapman is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Orange. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Chapman, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for General Education in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Chapman is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 185 students take at least one class online at Chapman. 1,064 students are part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Education
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 6 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).
