2021 Best Communication Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
7Colleges
1,827Bachelor's Degrees
$29,206Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Communication Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Communication Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a bachelor's in communication sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication sciences 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 communication sciences program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Communication Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the communication sciences programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Communication Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Indiana University - Bloomington has taken the #1 spot in this year's communication sciences ranking for non-traditional students. IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the small city of Bloomington. IU Bloomington also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
About 1.4% of IU Bloomington students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 18,013 students at IU Bloomington that take at least one class online. There are roughly 5,256 part time students in attendance at IU Bloomington.
University of Wisconsin - River Falls comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the town of River Falls, UW - River Falls is a public college with a medium-sized student population. UW - River Falls also made our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #6.
The student loan default rate at UW - River Falls is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,612 students at UW - River Falls that take at least one class online. 934 of UW - River Falls students are attending part time.
Ohio State University - Main Campus earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a very large student population. Ohio State also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at Ohio State is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 42,293 students take at least one class online at Ohio State. 8,459 of Ohio State students are attending part time.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign earned the #4 spot in our 2021 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 #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 0.6% of UIUC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 35,475 students take at least one class online at UIUC. 10,007 of UIUC students are attending part time.
Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best communication sciences schools for non-traditional students. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a very large student population. Purdue also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 19,239 students take at least one class online at Purdue. About 7,612 of the students at Purdue are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Ohio University - Athens Campus as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a fairly large student population. OHIO Athens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. Approximately 11,926 students take at least one class online at OHIO Athens. 7,245 of OHIO Athens students are attending part time.
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Northern Illinois University. NIU is a large public school located in the suburb of Dekalb. As a testament to the quality of education offered at NIU, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 2.1% of NIU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 8,712 students take at least one class online at NIU. 4,345 of NIU students are attending part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 7 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).
