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2021 Best Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region

29 Colleges
3,770 Bachelor's Degrees
$32,808 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region

This year's Best Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking looked at 29 colleges that offer a bachelor's in education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent education 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 education program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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2021 Best Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region

Check out the education programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.

Top 10 Best Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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University of Maine at Farmington tops the 2021 list of our schools in the New England Region that are best for non-traditional education students. Located in the town of Farmington, UMaine Farmington is a public college with a small student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMaine Farmington, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Education in the New England Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at UMaine Farmington is lower than is typical, just 2.3% of students default in three years. There are approximately 422 students at UMaine Farmington that take at least one class online. 564 students are part time.

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Bridgewater State University earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Bridgewater, Bridgewater State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. Bridgewater State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Education in the New England Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. Approximately 3,579 students take at least one class online at Bridgewater State. 2,921 students are part time.

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Boston University
Boston, MA

Our rankings recognize Boston University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Boston U has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Education in the New England Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at Boston U is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. 4,032 students at Boston U are exclusively online. 7,057 students are part time.

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Southern Connecticut State University landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best education schools for non-traditional students. SCSU is a medium-sized public school located in the city of New Haven. SCSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for Education in the New England Region list.

About 2.7% of SCSU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 4,172 students take at least one class online at SCSU. 2,335 of SCSU students are attending part time.

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Rhode Island College
Providence, RI

The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Rhode Island College. Located in the large suburb of Providence, RIC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

About 3.0% of RIC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 3,583 students at RIC that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,015 part time students in attendance at RIC.

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The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Western Connecticut State University. WestConn is a small public school located in the city of Danbury.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.7%. Approximately 2,116 students take at least one class online at WestConn. 1,281 of WestConn students are attending part time.

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Plymouth State University landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best education schools for non-traditional students. Located in the town of Plymouth, Plymouth State is a public school with a small student population.

About 1.8% of Plymouth State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,045 students take at least one class online at Plymouth State. About 479 of the students at Plymouth State are attending part time.

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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Central Connecticut State University. Located in the suburb of New Britain, CCSU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

About 2.1% of CCSU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,064 students take at least one class online at CCSU. 3,098 students are part time.

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University of Maine landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best education schools for non-traditional students. UMaine is a large public school located in the small suburb of Orono. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMaine, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Education in the New England Region ranking.

About 1.7% of UMaine students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 5,820 students at UMaine that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,614 part time students in attendance at UMaine.

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Our rankings recognize Keene State College as the #10 school in this year's rankings. Located in the distant town of Keene, Keene State is a public college with a small student population.

The student loan default rate at Keene State is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 277 students at Keene State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 200 part time students in attendance at Keene State.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Education Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,764
New Hampshire 367
Vermont 246
Maine 394
Rhode Island 444
Connecticut 639

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*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.

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