by our College Data Analytics Team
This year's Best Psychology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking looked at 47 colleges that offer a bachelor's in psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent psychology programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the psychology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
The psychology school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Psychology Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
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Check out the psychology programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Bay Path University has taken the #1 spot in this year's psychology ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of Longmeadow, Bay Path is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. 1,626 of Bay Path students are exclusively distance learners. About 1,300 of the students at Bay Path are attending part time.
Boston College landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best psychology schools for non-traditional students. Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Chestnut Hill. Boston College also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Psychology in the New England Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at Boston College is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 6,590 students at Boston College that take at least one class online. 1,916 students are part time.
Lesley University landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best psychology schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Cambridge, Lesley is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. Lesley excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Psychology in the New England Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. 779 of Lesley students are exclusively distance learners. About 2,071 of the students at Lesley are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Southern New Hampshire University as the #4 school in this year's rankings. SNHU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Manchester.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. 138,672 students at SNHU are exclusively online. About 102,147 of the students at SNHU are attending part time.
Boston University landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best psychology schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population. Boston U also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Psychology in the New England Region rankings.
About 0.5% of Boston U students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 4,032 students at Boston U are exclusively online. About 7,057 of the students at Boston U are attending part time.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Massachusetts Amherst. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a fairly large student population. UMass Amherst not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Psychology in the New England Region list.
About 0.9% of UMass Amherst students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 4,105 of UMass Amherst students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 6,786 part time students in attendance at UMass Amherst.
University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best psychology schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. There are approximately 2,088 students at UMass Boston that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,332 part time students in attendance at UMass Boston.
Westfield State University comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Westfield is a small public school located in the large suburb of Westfield.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. There are approximately 2,052 students at Westfield that take at least one class online. About 1,138 of the students at Westfield are attending part time.
Read full report on Psychology at Westfield State University
Rivier University comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. Rivier is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Nashua.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. 733 of Rivier students are exclusively distance learners. 1,262 students are part time.
University of Connecticut comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a fairly large student population. UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for Psychology in the New England Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 11,648 students take at least one class online at UCONN. 3,257 of UCONN students are attending part time.
Explore the best for non-traditional students psychology schools for a specific state in the New England region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 4,506 |
| New Hampshire | 2,199 |
| Vermont | 355 |
| Maine | 472 |
| Rhode Island | 729 |
| Connecticut | 1,840 |
| Major | Annual Graduates |
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Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.
