2021 Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
4Colleges
308Bachelor's Degrees
$27,476Avg 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 Rocky Mountains Region ranking, we looked at 4 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 Rocky Mountains Region
Check out the health science programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Health Sciences & Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that are best for non-traditional health sciences & services students. UCCS is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Colorado Springs. UCCS also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
About 1.4% of UCCS students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 4,485 students at UCCS that take at least one class online. About 4,071 of the students at UCCS are attending part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Idaho State University. Located in the city of Pocatello, ISU is a public college with a large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at ISU, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at ISU is lower than is typical, just 1.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 4,680 students at ISU that take at least one class online. About 5,142 of the students at ISU are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Northern Colorado as the #3 school in this year's rankings. University of Northern Colorado is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Greeley. University of Northern Colorado did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 3,583 students at University of Northern Colorado that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,468 part time students in attendance at University of Northern Colorado.
Carroll College landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best health sciences & services schools for non-traditional students. Carroll Montana is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Helena. Carroll Montana did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. There are approximately 253 students at Carroll Montana that take at least one class online. 32 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).
