2021 Best Communication Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region
8Colleges
2,707Bachelor's Degrees
$28,548Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Communication Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Communication Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree 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 Southeast 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
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College has taken the #1 spot in this year's communication sciences ranking for non-traditional students. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge. Louisiana State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Southeast Region list.
The student loan default rate at Louisiana State University is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 15,086 students take at least one class online at Louisiana State University. 5,959 students are part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of South Florida - Main Campus. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the large city of Tampa. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, USF Tampa has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Southeast Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. There are approximately 22,899 students at USF Tampa that take at least one class online. 13,938 students are part time.
University of Central Florida landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best communication sciences schools for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a fairly large student population. UCF not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Southeast Region list.
About 1.3% of UCF students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 28,807 students at UCF that take at least one class online. About 23,575 of the students at UCF are attending part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to James Madison University. JMU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Harrisonburg. JMU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Southeast Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 6,740 students take at least one class online at JMU. There are roughly 2,328 part time students in attendance at JMU.
The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to The University of Alabama. UA is a very large public school located in the small city of Tuscaloosa. UA also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Southeast Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at UA is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 9,339 students take at least one class online at UA. There are roughly 6,421 part time students in attendance at UA.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Southeastern Louisiana University. Located in the city of Hammond, Southeastern is a public college with a large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southeastern, the school also landed the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Southeast Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Southeastern is lower than is typical, just 3.1% of students default in three years. There are approximately 4,256 students at Southeastern that take at least one class online. About 4,754 of the students at Southeastern are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Louisiana at Lafayette as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette, UL Lafayette is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UL Lafayette has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Southeast Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.8%. Approximately 4,441 students take at least one class online at UL Lafayette. About 4,259 of the students at UL Lafayette are attending part time.
The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of West Georgia. Located in the fringe town of Carrollton, University of West Georgia is a public school with a fairly large student population. University of West Georgia also made our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #9.
About 2.8% of University of West Georgia students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 4,945 students at University of West Georgia are exclusively online. About 5,331 of the students at University of West Georgia are attending part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 8 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).
