2021 Best Nursing Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
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Finding the Best Nursing Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Nursing Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking analyzed 29 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nursing 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 nursing program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Nursing Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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.
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2021 Best Nursing Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Nursing Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 10 Best Nursing Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Providence tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that are best for non-traditional nursing students. Located in the small city of Great Falls, University of Providence is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. University of Providence did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Nursing in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The student loan default rate at University of Providence is lower than is typical, just 3.0% of students default in three years. 490 students at University of Providence are exclusively online. 148 of University of Providence students are attending part time.
Full Nursing at University of Providence Report
Western Governors University earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. WGU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Salt Lake City.
The student loan default rate at WGU is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. All 150,116 students take classes exclusively online at WGU.
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Our rankings recognize Regis University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. Regis U not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Nursing in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The student loan default rate at Regis U is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 2,010 students take at least one class online at Regis U. 1,583 of Regis U students are attending part time.
Full Nursing at Regis University Report
University of Utah earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City. As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of U, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Nursing in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 19,378 students take at least one class online at U of U. 7,185 of U of U students are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus as the #5 school in this year's rankings. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Denver. CU Anschutz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Nursing in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
About 0.9% of CU Anschutz students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 8,659 students take at least one class online at CU Anschutz. About 11,636 of the students at CU Anschutz are attending part time.
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University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best nursing schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public college with a large student population.
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. 4,071 students are part time.
Read full report on Nursing at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
About 4.3% of Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 23,963 students at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs are exclusively online. About 8,289 of the students at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs are attending part time.
Full Nursing at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs Report
The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Northwest Nazarene University. NNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Nampa.
The student loan default rate at NNU is lower than is typical, just 0.4% of students default in three years. 670 of NNU students are exclusively distance learners. 433 students are part time.
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University of Northern Colorado landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best nursing schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The student loan default rate at University of Northern Colorado is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,583 students at University of Northern Colorado that take at least one class online. 3,468 students are part time.
Read full report on Nursing at University of Northern Colorado
The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Lewis - Clark State College. Lewis - Clark State College is a small public school located in the small city of Lewiston.
The student loan default rate at Lewis - Clark State College is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 1,099 students at Lewis - Clark State College that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,646 part time students in attendance at Lewis - Clark State College.
Full Nursing at Lewis - Clark State College Report
