2021 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking analyzed 36 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in liberal arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts general studies programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the liberal arts general studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region
Check out the liberal arts programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 10 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Excelsior University has taken the #1 spot in this year's liberal arts general studies ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the small city of Albany, Excelsior University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. All 17,166 students take classes exclusively online at Excelsior University. All students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize Thomas Edison State University as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of Trenton, TESU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. 9,645 students at TESU are exclusively online. 9,641 of TESU students are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize New York University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. NYU also made our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #1.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 21,614 students take at least one class online at NYU. There are roughly 8,829 part time students in attendance at NYU.
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Saint Joseph's University earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Philadelphia, St. Joe's is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. St. Joe's not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
About 1.2% of St. Joe’s students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 2,032 of St. Joe’s students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 2,163 part time students in attendance at St. Joe’s.
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Our rankings recognize Notre Dame of Maryland University as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Baltimore, NDMU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. 1,138 of NDMU students are exclusively distance learners. About 1,206 of the students at NDMU are attending part time.
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Villanova University earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. Villanova not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.3%. 1,551 of Villanova students are exclusively distance learners. 2,678 of Villanova students are attending part time.
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Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Teaneck, FDU is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
The student loan default rate at FDU is lower than is typical, just 2.4% of students default in three years. 325 students at FDU are exclusively online. About 4,986 of the students at FDU are attending part time.
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Rowan University comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Rowan is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Glassboro.
About 1.9% of Rowan students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 7,269 students take at least one class online at Rowan. 3,878 of Rowan students are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize Drexel University as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drexel, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Drexel is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 6,249 students take at least one class online at Drexel. About 5,829 of the students at Drexel are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize Neumann University as the #10 school in this year's rankings. Neumann is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Aston.
The student loan default rate at Neumann is lower than is typical, just 2.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 1,331 students at Neumann that take at least one class online. About 694 of the students at Neumann are attending part time.
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