2021 Best Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region ranking looked at 14 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 Plains States Region
Check out the economics programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 10 Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Plains States Region that are best for non-traditional economics students. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis. UMN Twin Cities also made our Best Colleges for Economics in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #1.
The student loan default rate at UMN Twin Cities is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 21,237 students at UMN Twin Cities that take at least one class online. 13,655 students are part time.
Full Economics at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report
Creighton University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population. Creighton not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Economics in the Plains States Region list.
The student loan default rate at Creighton is lower than is typical, just 0.4% of students default in three years. 1,694 students at Creighton are exclusively online. 1,359 of Creighton students are attending part time.
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The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Kansas. KU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Lawrence. As a testament to the quality of education offered at KU, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Economics in the Plains States Region ranking.
About 1.2% of KU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 11,364 students at KU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,657 part time students in attendance at KU.
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University of Iowa landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best economics schools for non-traditional students. Iowa is a very large public school located in the small city of Iowa City. Iowa not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Colleges for Economics in the Plains States Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. There are approximately 12,975 students at Iowa that take at least one class online. 5,055 students are part time.
Full Economics at University of Iowa Report
University of Missouri - Columbia comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The student loan default rate at Mizzou is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 15,161 students at Mizzou that take at least one class online. 5,276 of Mizzou students are attending part time.
Full Economics at University of Missouri - Columbia Report
Iowa State University comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a very large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. Approximately 14,911 students take at least one class online at Iowa State. 3,155 of Iowa State students are attending part time.
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University of St Thomas Minnesota comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.
About 0.9% of UST MN students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 3,011 students at UST MN that take at least one class online. 2,432 of UST MN students are attending part time.
Full Economics at University of St Thomas Minnesota Report
University of Minnesota - Duluth comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of Duluth, UMN Duluth is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The student loan default rate at UMN Duluth is lower than is typical, just 0.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 4,332 students at UMN Duluth that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,623 part time students in attendance at UMN Duluth.
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The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to South Dakota State University. Located in the town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public school with a large student population.
The student loan default rate at South Dakota State is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,503 students at South Dakota State that take at least one class online. 3,375 of South Dakota State students are attending part time.
Full Economics at South Dakota State University Report
The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Northern Iowa. UNI is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Cedar Falls.
The student loan default rate at UNI is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. There are approximately 4,212 students at UNI that take at least one class online. About 1,478 of the students at UNI are attending part time.
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