2021 Best Psychology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
95Colleges
16,647Bachelor's Degrees
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Finding the Best Psychology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Psychology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking looked at 95 colleges that offer a bachelor's in psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality psychology 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 psychology program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Psychology Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Psychology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 15% Best Psychology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Grace College and Theological Seminary tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Great Lakes Region that are best for non-traditional psychology students. Located in the distant town of Winona Lake, Grace College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. In addition to being on our bet for non-traditional students list, Grace College is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Psychology in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 0.9% of Grace College students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 630 students take at least one class online at Grace College. About 426 of the students at Grace College are attending part time.
University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best psychology schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population. UIC also made our Best Colleges for Psychology in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #7.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 19,768 students at UIC that take at least one class online. About 5,712 of the students at UIC are attending part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Wisconsin - Madison. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison. UW - Madison also made our Best Colleges for Psychology in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #2.
The student loan default rate at UW - Madison is lower than is typical, just 0.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 11,375 students at UW - Madison that take at least one class online. About 4,683 of the students at UW - Madison are attending part time.
Michigan State University earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Psychology in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 0.8% of Michigan State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 33,526 students take at least one class online at Michigan State. 6,517 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College as the #5 school in this year's rankings. SMWC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Saint Mary of the Woods.
The student loan default rate at SMWC is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. 311 of SMWC students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 352 part time students in attendance at SMWC.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best psychology schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a fairly large student population. On top of its placing in our non-traditional rankings, UC also did well on our Best Colleges for Psychology in the Great Lakes Region list. It's in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in that analysis.
About 1.7% of UC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 17,465 students at UC that take at least one class online. 10,255 of UC students are attending part time.
Marquette University landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best psychology schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. Marquette did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Psychology in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. There are approximately 2,535 students at Marquette that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,342 part time students in attendance at Marquette.
Our rankings recognize Lewis University as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large suburb of Romeoville, Lewis is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. Lewis also claimed a spot on our Best Colleges for Psychology in the Great Lakes Region list. It's in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
About 1.4% of Lewis students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,947 students at Lewis that take at least one class online. 2,022 of Lewis students are attending part time.
Loyola University Chicago comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Loyola Chicago has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Psychology in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Loyola Chicago is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 5,319 students at Loyola Chicago that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,121 part time students in attendance at Loyola Chicago.
Our rankings recognize Rochester University as the #10 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills, RU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.5%. Approximately 629 students take at least one class online at RU. There are roughly 397 part time students in attendance at RU.
Our rankings recognize Miami University - Oxford as the #11 school in this year's rankings. Miami University - Oxford is a large public school located in the town of Oxford. Miami University - Oxford also took the #9 spot in our Best Colleges for Psychology in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 5,388 students take at least one class online at Miami University - Oxford. 1,700 of Miami University - Oxford students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Wayne State University as the #12 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public college with a very large student population. On top of its placing in our non-traditional rankings, Wayne State also did well on our Best Colleges for Psychology in the Great Lakes Region list. It's in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in that analysis.
About 1.5% of Wayne State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 13,128 students at Wayne State that take at least one class online. About 6,948 of the students at Wayne State are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Elmhurst University as the #13 school in this year's rankings. Elmhurst is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Elmhurst.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.2%. Approximately 1,642 students take at least one class online at Elmhurst. 653 students are part time.
Western Michigan University landed the #14 spot in our 2021 best psychology schools for non-traditional students. Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. There are approximately 10,416 students at WMU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 5,241 part time students in attendance at WMU.
Here are some additional great schools for Great Lakes Region non-traditional students studying Psychology that almost earned our Best Psychology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region award.
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).
