by our College Data Analytics Team
For this year's Best Special Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a bachelor's in special ed. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality special education programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the special education program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Check out the special ed programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Western Governors University has taken the #1 spot in this year's special education ranking for non-traditional students. WGU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Salt Lake City.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 150,116 students at WGU and they are all exclusively distance learners.
Our rankings recognize University of Northern Colorado as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the medium-sized city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public college with a medium-sized student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, University of Northern Colorado has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Special Education in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
About 0.9% of University of Northern Colorado students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 3,583 students at University of Northern Colorado that take at least one class online. 3,468 of University of Northern Colorado students are attending part time.
Read full report on Special Education at University of Northern Colorado
Our rankings recognize Utah State University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public college with a fairly large student population. USU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for Special Education in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 13,751 students at USU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 9,734 part time students in attendance at USU.
Our rankings recognize Metropolitan State University of Denver as the #4 school in this year's rankings. MSU Denver is a large public school located in the city of Denver. MSU Denver not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Special Education in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
About 2.8% of MSU Denver students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 8,148 students at MSU Denver that take at least one class online. 7,163 of MSU Denver students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Brigham Young University - Provo as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. BYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Special Education in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The student loan default rate at BYU is lower than is typical, just 0.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 12,325 students take at least one class online at BYU. 4,504 students are part time.
Full Special Education at Brigham Young University - Provo Report
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Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 5 schools only.
References
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