2021 Best Chemistry Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
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502Bachelor's Degrees
$26,105Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Chemistry Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Chemistry Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a bachelor's in chemistry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent chemistry programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the chemistry program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 Chemistry Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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2021 Best Chemistry Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
Check out the chemistry programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Chemistry Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Utah tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that are best for non-traditional chemistry students. U of U is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City. As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of U, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemistry in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
About 0.8% of U of U students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 19,378 students at U of U that take at least one class online. There are roughly 7,185 part time students in attendance at U of U.
University of Northern Colorado landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best chemistry schools for non-traditional students. Located in the midsize city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Northern Colorado, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemistry in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 3,583 students take at least one class online at University of Northern Colorado. 3,468 of University of Northern Colorado students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Metropolitan State University of Denver as the #3 school in this year's rankings. MSU Denver is a large public school located in the large city of Denver. MSU Denver did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Chemistry in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.8%. Approximately 8,148 students take at least one class online at MSU Denver. 7,163 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Fort Lewis College as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the distant town of Durango, FLC is a public college with a small student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, FLC has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemistry in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.3%. There are approximately 1,249 students at FLC that take at least one class online. There are roughly 615 part time students in attendance at FLC.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Chemistry
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 4 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).
