2021 Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
6Colleges
1,364Bachelor's Degrees
$28,329Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region ranking looked at 6 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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Health Science Schools for Non-Traditional Students list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.
2021 Best Health Sciences & Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States 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
Creighton University has taken the #1 spot in this year's health sciences & services ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. Creighton also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Plains States Region rankings.
About 0.4% of Creighton students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 1,694 students at Creighton are exclusively online. There are roughly 1,359 part time students in attendance at Creighton.
Walden University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Walden University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. There are approximately 46,455 students at Walden University and they are all exclusively distance learners. About 27,673 of the students at Walden University are attending part time.
University of Missouri - Columbia earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a fairly large student population. Mizzou also made our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #3.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 15,161 students at Mizzou that take at least one class online. 5,276 students are part time.
University of South Dakota comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. USD is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Vermillion. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, USD has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Plains States Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. 3,109 of USD students are exclusively distance learners. About 3,600 of the students at USD are attending part time.
The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Central Missouri. UCM is a fairly large public school located in the town of Warrensburg. UCM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Plains States Region list.
The student loan default rate at UCM is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 4,050 students take at least one class online at UCM. 3,727 students are part time.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Missouri - Kansas City. UMKC is a large public school located in the large city of Kansas City. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMKC, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services in the Plains States Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UMKC is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 5,518 students take at least one class online at UMKC. 6,941 of UMKC students are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Health Science
One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Health Sciences & Services has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 6 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).
