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2021 Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region

10 Colleges
2,306 Bachelor's Degrees
$27,540 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region

This year's Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region ranking looked at 10 colleges that offer a bachelor's in health science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health sciences & services 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 health sciences & services program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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2021 Best Health Sciences & Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region

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

Top 10 Best Health Sciences & Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students

1

Trident University International tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Far Western US Region that are best for non-traditional health sciences & services students. Located in the of Cypress, TUI is a college with a student population. TUI not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Far Western US Region list.

The student loan default rate at TUI is lower than is typical, just 0.0% of students default in three years. All of TUI students are attending part time.

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2

California State University - East Bay earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The student loan default rate at Cal State East Bay is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. 7,069 of Cal State East Bay students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 3,650 part time students in attendance at Cal State East Bay.

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The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to California State University - Sacramento. Located in the city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Sac State has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Far Western US Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. There are approximately 16,876 students at Sac State that take at least one class online. About 7,378 of the students at Sac State are attending part time.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at California State University - Sacramento

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California State University - Fullerton landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best health sciences & services schools for non-traditional students. Cal State Fullerton is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Cal State Fullerton has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Far Western US Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at Cal State Fullerton is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 25,781 students at Cal State Fullerton that take at least one class online. There are roughly 10,634 part time students in attendance at Cal State Fullerton.

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5

Our rankings recognize San Francisco State University as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFSU, the school also landed the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Far Western US Region ranking.

About 1.8% of SFSU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 14,003 students at SFSU are exclusively online. 6,034 of SFSU students are attending part time.

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6

Our rankings recognize University of Nevada - Reno as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Reno, UNR is a public college with a very large student population. UNR did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Far Western US Region list.

The student loan default rate at UNR is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 4,563 students take at least one class online at UNR. 5,396 of UNR students are attending part time.

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The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to California State University - Chico. Chico State is a large public school located in the midsize city of Chico. Chico State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Far Western US Region list.

About 2.2% of Chico State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 10,804 students at Chico State that take at least one class online. 2,083 students are part time.

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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to California State University - Fresno. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public school with a very large student population.

The student loan default rate at Fresno State is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 17,956 students take at least one class online at Fresno State. There are roughly 4,540 part time students in attendance at Fresno State.

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Our rankings recognize California Baptist University as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Cal Baptist is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Riverside. Cal Baptist not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #9 on our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Far Western US Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. Approximately 3,638 students take at least one class online at Cal Baptist. 2,045 students are part time.

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The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to San Diego State University. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a fairly large student population. SDSU also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Far Western US Region rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. Approximately 21,657 students take at least one class online at SDSU. About 5,452 of the students at SDSU are attending part time.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at San Diego State University

Best for Non-Traditional Students Health Sciences & Services Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students health sciences & services schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,959
Washington 248
Oregon 221
Nevada 385

Health Sciences & Services is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Cost is for the top 10 schools only.

References

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