2021 Best Anthropology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
9Colleges
504Bachelor's Degrees
$30,240Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Anthropology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Anthropology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in anthropology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent anthropology 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 anthropology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Anthropology Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying anthropology.
Best Anthropology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Colorado Boulder has taken the #1 spot in this year's anthropology ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a very large student population. CU - Boulder not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The student loan default rate at CU - Boulder is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. Approximately 24,299 students take at least one class online at CU - Boulder. 7,631 students are part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, CU Anschutz has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
About 0.9% of CU Anschutz students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 8,659 students at CU Anschutz that take at least one class online. About 11,636 of the students at CU Anschutz are attending part time.
The University of Montana earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. UM is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Missoula. UM also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at UM is lower than is typical, just 3.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,583 students at UM that take at least one class online. 3,141 students are part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Colorado State University - Fort Collins. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins. Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The student loan default rate at Colorado State is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 12,180 students at Colorado State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 9,631 part time students in attendance at Colorado State.
Fort Lewis College comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. FLC is a small public school located in the distant town of Durango. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, FLC has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
About 2.3% of FLC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 1,249 students take at least one class online at FLC. About 615 of the students at FLC are attending part time.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Utah State University. USU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Logan. USU also made our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #5.
The student loan default rate at USU is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 13,751 students take at least one class online at USU. 9,734 of USU students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Boise State University as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Boise State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Boise. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Boise State has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. Approximately 10,868 students take at least one class online at Boise State. About 11,239 of the students at Boise State are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Metropolitan State University of Denver as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public college with a large student population. MSU Denver did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The student loan default rate at MSU Denver is lower than is typical, just 2.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 8,148 students take at least one class online at MSU Denver. 7,163 students are part time.
The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. UCCS is a large public school located in the city of Colorado Springs. UCCS also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. Approximately 4,485 students take at least one class online at UCCS. 4,071 students are part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 9 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).
