2021 Best Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes Region ranking analyzed 21 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree 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 Great Lakes Region
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Top 10 Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Wisconsin - Madison tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Great Lakes Region that are best for non-traditional economics students. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison. UW - Madison also made our Best Colleges for Economics in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.
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. There are roughly 4,683 part time students in attendance at UW - Madison.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor. U-M also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Economics in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.2%. There are approximately 15,737 students at U-M that take at least one class online. 3,568 students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as the #3 school in this year's rankings. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign. UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Economics in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at UIUC is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 35,475 students at UIUC that take at least one class online. About 10,007 of the students at UIUC are attending part time.
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Michigan State University comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population. Michigan State also made our Best Colleges for Economics in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #8.
The student loan default rate at Michigan State is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 33,526 students at Michigan State that take at least one class online. 6,517 of Michigan State students are attending part time.
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Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best economics schools for non-traditional students. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, IU Bloomington has also earned the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Economics in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at IU Bloomington is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 18,013 students take at least one class online at IU Bloomington. 5,256 of IU Bloomington students are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Illinois at Chicago as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. Approximately 19,768 students take at least one class online at UIC. There are roughly 5,712 part time students in attendance at UIC.
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The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Ohio State University - Main Campus. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbus.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. There are approximately 42,293 students at Ohio State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 8,459 part time students in attendance at Ohio State.
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Miami University - Oxford earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. Miami University - Oxford is a large public school located in the fringe town of Oxford.
About 0.8% of Miami University - Oxford students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 5,388 students at Miami University - Oxford that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,700 part time students in attendance at Miami University - Oxford.
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Purdue University - Main Campus earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.
The student loan default rate at Purdue is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 19,239 students at Purdue that take at least one class online. There are roughly 7,612 part time students in attendance at Purdue.
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Marquette University comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
About 0.5% of Marquette students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,535 students at Marquette that take at least one class online. About 1,342 of the students at Marquette are attending part time.
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