2021 Best Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
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Finding the Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region ranking looked at 37 colleges that offer a bachelor's in economics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality economics programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the economics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
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Top 10 Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of California - Berkeley tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Far Western US Region that are best for non-traditional economics students. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley. UC Berkeley also made our Best Colleges for Economics in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #4.
About 0.5% of UC Berkeley students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 26,398 students take at least one class online at UC Berkeley. 4,099 students are part time.
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The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of California - Los Angeles. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UCLA has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Economics in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. Approximately 25,859 students take at least one class online at UCLA. There are roughly 2,161 part time students in attendance at UCLA.
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University of California - Santa Barbara comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. UCSB is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara. UCSB also made our Best Colleges for Economics in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #6.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 3,596 students take at least one class online at UCSB. There are roughly 880 part time students in attendance at UCSB.
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University of Southern California comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. USC not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Colleges for Economics in the Far Western US Region list.
About 0.5% of USC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 15,291 students take at least one class online at USC. 6,687 students are part time.
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Santa Clara University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the midsize city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population. SCU also made our Best Colleges for Economics in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #7.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.3%. 1,240 students are part time.
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University of Washington - Seattle Campus earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a fairly large student population. UW Seattle also claimed a spot on our Best Colleges for Economics in the Far Western US Region list. It's in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
The student loan default rate at UW Seattle is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 8,815 students take at least one class online at UW Seattle. 9,705 of UW Seattle students are attending part time.
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University of California - San Diego earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCSD, the school also landed the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Economics in the Far Western US Region ranking.
About 0.6% of UCSD students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 21,222 students at UCSD that take at least one class online. 1,605 students are part time.
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University of California - Davis comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the suburb of Davis.
About 0.9% of UC Davis students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 7,892 students at UC Davis that take at least one class online. About 1,668 of the students at UC Davis are attending part time.
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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo.
About 0.8% of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 15,682 students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo that take at least one class online. 1,455 of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo students are attending part time.
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University of Oregon earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the midsize city of Eugene, UO is a public school with a very large student population.
About 1.0% of UO students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 8,819 students at UO that take at least one class online. 1,683 students are part time.
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