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2021 Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California

25 Colleges
2,925 Bachelor's Degrees
$30,690 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best History Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in CaliforniaIn <nil>, 2,925 bachelor's degrees were awarded to history students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #19 most popular major in the state. This means that 12.1% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.

For this year's Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California ranking, we looked at 25 colleges that offer a bachelor's in history. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent history 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 history program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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2021 Best History Schools for Non-Traditional Students in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying history.

Top 10 Best History Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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University of California - Los Angeles tops the 2021 list of our schools in California that are best for non-traditional history students. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UCLA has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for History in California ranking.

About 0.7% of UCLA students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 25,859 students at UCLA that take at least one class online. 2,161 students are part time.

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2

California State University - Fullerton landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best history schools for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of Fullerton, Cal State Fullerton is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 25,781 students at Cal State Fullerton that take at least one class online. There are roughly 10,634 part time students in attendance at Cal State Fullerton.

Full History at California State University - Fullerton Report

3

The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of California - Santa Barbara. Located in the suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public school with a very large student population. UCSB also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for History in California rankings.

The student loan default rate at UCSB is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 3,596 students take at least one class online at UCSB. There are roughly 880 part time students in attendance at UCSB.

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4

University of Southern California earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles. USC also made our Best Colleges for History in California list, coming in at #3.

The student loan default rate at USC is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 15,291 students at USC that take at least one class online. 6,687 students are part time.

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5

California State University - Sacramento earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Sac State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Sacramento.

About 1.7% of Sac State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 16,876 students at Sac State that take at least one class online. About 7,378 of the students at Sac State are attending part time.

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California State University - San Marcos earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. CSUSM is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of San Marcos.

About 1.5% of CSUSM students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 8,464 students at CSUSM that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,222 part time students in attendance at CSUSM.

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University of California - Berkeley earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a fairly large student population. UC Berkeley also made our Best Colleges for History in California list, coming in at #4.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. There are approximately 26,398 students at UC Berkeley that take at least one class online. 4,099 of UC Berkeley students are attending part time.

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University of California - San Diego comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. UCSD is a fairly large public school located in the large city of La Jolla. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCSD, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for History in California ranking.

The student loan default rate at UCSD is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 21,222 students at UCSD that take at least one class online. About 1,605 of the students at UCSD are attending part time.

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California State University - Long Beach landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best history schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public college with a very large student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 24,806 students take at least one class online at CSULB. 8,046 of CSULB students are attending part time.

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University of California - Irvine earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public school with a fairly large student population. UC Irvine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for History in California list.

The student loan default rate at UC Irvine is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 23,448 students take at least one class online at UC Irvine. About 1,201 of the students at UC Irvine are attending part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students History Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 443
Hawaii 65
Oregon 326
Nevada 86
Alaska 41

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*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.

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