2021 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New York
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Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for Non-Traditional Students
With 3,290 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, liberal arts / sciences & humanities is the #12 most popular major in New York. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 8.4% of all the liberal arts / sciences & humanities bachelor's degrees in the country.
This year's Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New York ranking looked at 14 colleges that offer a bachelor's in liberal arts / sciences & humanities. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts / sciences & humanities 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 liberal arts / sciences & humanities program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for Non-Traditional Students in New York
The following schools top our list of the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 10 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Excelsior University has taken the #1 spot in this year's liberal arts / sciences & humanities ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Albany, Excelsior University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly 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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The King's College earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. TKC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York. TKC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in New York list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. Approximately 75 students take at least one class online at TKC. 33 students are part time.
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New York University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, NYU has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in New York ranking.
The student loan default rate at NYU is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 21,614 students at NYU that take at least one class online. 8,829 students are part time.
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The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Rochester Institute of Technology. Located in the large suburb of Rochester, RIT is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population. RIT not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in New York list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 9,961 students take at least one class online at RIT. 1,867 of RIT students are attending part time.
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The New School earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of New York, New School University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population. New School University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in New York list.
About 2.1% of New School University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 5,293 students take at least one class online at New School University. About 1,257 of the students at New School University are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize St. Joseph's College - New York as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Brooklyn, SJC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. SJC also took the #9 spot in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in New York rankings.
About 1.1% of SJC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 1,769 students take at least one class online at SJC. About 1,165 of the students at SJC are attending part time.
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Purchase College comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Purchase College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Purchase.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.9%. Approximately 2,516 students take at least one class online at Purchase College. About 308 of the students at Purchase College are attending part time.
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Pace University - New York landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best liberal arts / sciences & humanities schools for non-traditional students. Pace University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.9%. Approximately 6,120 students take at least one class online at Pace University. 3,498 students are part time.
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The City College of New York landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best liberal arts / sciences & humanities schools for non-traditional students. CCNY is a fairly large public school located in the large city of New York. CCNY also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in New York rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. There are approximately 7,864 students at CCNY that take at least one class online. 4,373 students are part time.
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SUNY Cortland comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. SUNY Cortland is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Cortland.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. Approximately 1,737 students take at least one class online at SUNY Cortland. 593 students are part time.
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