2021 Best Area Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Finding the Best Area Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Area Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer a bachelor's in area studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality area studies 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 area studies program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Area Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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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Featured Area Studies Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Explore societal similarities and differences as seen through cultural, biological, archaeological and linguistic lenses when you earn one of your degrees in anthropology from Southern New Hampshire University.
George Washington University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that are best for non-traditional area studies students. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington. GWU also made our Best Colleges for Area Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #2.
The student loan default rate at GWU is lower than is typical, just 0.4% of students default in three years. 5,340 students at GWU are exclusively online. There are roughly 8,798 part time students in attendance at GWU.
Our rankings recognize Cornell University as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. Cornell also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Area Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.
About 0.4% of Cornell students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,837 students take at least one class online at Cornell. 574 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Columbia University in the City of New York as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York. Columbia also made our Best Colleges for Area Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #1.
About 0.9% of Columbia students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 6,172 students take at least one class online at Columbia. About 4,854 of the students at Columbia are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Maryland - College Park as the #4 school in this year's rankings. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of College Park. UMCP not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Area Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
About 0.7% of UMCP students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 11,700 students at UMCP that take at least one class online. 4,841 students are part time.
Fordham University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Fordham U, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Area Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. 2,819 students at Fordham U are exclusively online. 3,564 of Fordham U students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize American University as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, The American University has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Area Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 5,283 students take at least one class online at The American University. 3,612 of The American University students are attending part time.
Millersville University of Pennsylvania earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large suburb of Millersville, Millersville is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Millersville, the school also landed the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Area Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Millersville is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 2,500 students take at least one class online at Millersville. 2,073 students are part time.
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).
