2021 Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
4Colleges
1,858Bachelor's Degrees
$34,129Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a bachelor's in health science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health sciences & services programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the health sciences & services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Health Sciences & Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying health science.
Best Health Sciences & Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne has taken the #1 spot in this year's health sciences & services ranking for non-traditional students. University of St. Francis Fort Wayne is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Wayne. University of St. Francis Fort Wayne did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 1.7% of University of St. Francis Fort Wayne students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 1,123 students take at least one class online at University of St. Francis Fort Wayne. About 507 of the students at University of St. Francis Fort Wayne are attending part time.
DePaul University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago. DePaul also made our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #2.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. There are approximately 8,996 students at DePaul that take at least one class online. About 3,547 of the students at DePaul are attending part time.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UIUC is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 35,475 students take at least one class online at UIUC. 10,007 of UIUC students are attending part time.
Indiana University - Kokomo comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of Kokomo, IU Kokomo is a public school with a small student population. IU Kokomo also made our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #4.
About 1.9% of IU Kokomo students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 1,171 students take at least one class online at IU Kokomo. 728 students are part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 4 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).
