2021 Best Other Health Professions Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
2Colleges
157Bachelor's Degrees
$21,507Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Other Health Professions Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Other Health Professions Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a bachelor's in health professions. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other health professions programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other health professions program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
The health professions school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Health Professions Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
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2021 Best Other Health Professions Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying health professions.
Best Other Health Professions Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Missouri Southern State University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Plains States Region that are best for non-traditional other health professions students. Missouri Southern is a small public school located in the small city of Joplin. Missouri Southern also made our Best Colleges for Other Health Professions in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #2.
The student loan default rate at Missouri Southern is lower than is typical, just 1.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 1,542 students take at least one class online at Missouri Southern. There are roughly 1,569 part time students in attendance at Missouri Southern.
University of Northern Iowa comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Cedar Falls, UNI is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. UNI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Other Health Professions in the Plains States Region list.
About 1.1% of UNI students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 4,212 students at UNI that take at least one class online. About 1,478 of the students at UNI are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Health Professions
One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Other Health Professions has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 2 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).
