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2021 Best Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California

27 Colleges
6,380 Bachelor's Degrees
$34,514 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in CaliforniaOut of the majors we analyze each year, economics was ranked 8th in California. In fact, 6,380 were awarded in the state in <nil>. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 16.9% of all the economics bachelor's degrees in the country.

This year's Best Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California ranking looked at 27 colleges that offer a bachelor's in economics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great economics programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the economics program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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2021 Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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University of California - Berkeley has taken the #1 spot in this year's economics ranking for non-traditional students. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Berkeley, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Economics in California ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 26,398 students take at least one class online at UC Berkeley. 4,099 students are part time.

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University of California - Los Angeles comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles. UCLA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Economics in California list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 25,859 students at UCLA that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,161 part time students in attendance at UCLA.

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Our rankings recognize University of California - Santa Barbara as the #3 school in this year's rankings. UCSB is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Santa Barbara. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UCSB has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Economics in California ranking.

About 0.5% of UCSB students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 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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Our rankings recognize University of Southern California as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population. USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for Economics in California list.

The student loan default rate at USC is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 15,291 students at USC that take at least one class online. 6,687 students are part time.

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Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA

Our rankings recognize Santa Clara University as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the midsize city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. SCU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Economics in California list.

The student loan default rate at SCU is lower than is typical, just 0.3% of students default in three years. 1,240 students are part time.

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University of California - San Diego comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public school with a fairly large student population. UCSD also took the #9 spot in our Best Colleges for Economics in California rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. There are approximately 21,222 students at UCSD that take at least one class online. About 1,605 of the students at UCSD are attending part time.

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The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of California - Davis. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the suburb of Davis.

The student loan default rate at UC Davis is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 7,892 students at UC Davis that take at least one class online. 1,668 students are part time.

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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 15,682 students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,455 part time students in attendance at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

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The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of California - Irvine. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. Approximately 23,448 students take at least one class online at UC Irvine. About 1,201 of the students at UC Irvine are attending part time.

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California State University - Fullerton comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. Cal State Fullerton is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton.

The student loan default rate at Cal State Fullerton is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 25,781 students take at least one class online at Cal State Fullerton. There are roughly 10,634 part time students in attendance at Cal State Fullerton.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Economics Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 663
Oregon 532
Nevada 131
Hawaii 81
Alaska 16

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*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.

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