2021 Best Mathematics & Statistics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
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Finding the Best Mathematics & Statistics Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Mathematics & Statistics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer a bachelor's in mathematics & statistics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mathematics & statistics 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 mathematics & statistics program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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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 Mathematics & Statistics Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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2021 Best Mathematics & Statistics Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying mathematics & statistics.
Best Mathematics & Statistics Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities has taken the #1 spot in this year's mathematics & statistics ranking for non-traditional students. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the city of Minneapolis. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UMN Twin Cities has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Mathematics & Statistics in the Plains States Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. There are approximately 21,237 students at UMN Twin Cities that take at least one class online. 13,655 students are part time.
University of Iowa landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best mathematics & statistics schools for non-traditional students. Iowa is a very large public school located in the small city of Iowa City. Iowa not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Mathematics & Statistics in the Plains States Region list.
About 1.2% of Iowa students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 12,975 students at Iowa that take at least one class online. 5,055 of Iowa students are attending part time.
Iowa State University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a very large student population. Iowa State also made our Best Colleges for Mathematics & Statistics in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #4.
About 0.7% of Iowa State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 14,911 students at Iowa State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,155 part time students in attendance at Iowa State.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Minnesota - Duluth. Located in the city of Duluth, UMN Duluth is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. UMN Duluth did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Mathematics & Statistics in the Plains States Region list.
The student loan default rate at UMN Duluth is lower than is typical, just 0.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 4,332 students take at least one class online at UMN Duluth. 1,623 of UMN Duluth students are attending part time.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. UNL is a very large public school located in the city of Lincoln. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UNL has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Mathematics & Statistics in the Plains States Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 13,905 students take at least one class online at UNL. 3,376 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Saint Louis University as the #6 school in this year's rankings. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Louis. SLU also made our Best Colleges for Mathematics & Statistics in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #8.
The student loan default rate at SLU is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,186 students at SLU that take at least one class online. About 2,720 of the students at SLU are attending part time.
University of Northern Iowa earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. UNI is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Cedar Falls.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. 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.
The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Missouri State University - Springfield. Located in the city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
About 0.8% of Missouri State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 8,590 students take at least one class online at Missouri State. There are roughly 9,136 part time students in attendance at Missouri State.
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).
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