2021 Best General Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students
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Finding the Best General Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
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This year's Best General Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students ranking analyzed 50 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in social sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general social sciences programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general social sciences program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best General Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the United States
Check out the social sciences programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 10 Best General Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Vanderbilt University has taken the #1 spot in this year's general social sciences ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Vanderbilt has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for General Social Sciences ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 821 students take at least one class online at Vanderbilt. There are roughly 1,196 part time students in attendance at Vanderbilt.
Full General Social Sciences at Vanderbilt University Report
Thomas Edison State University earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Trenton, TESU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. 9,645 students at TESU are exclusively online. 9,641 students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize New York University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. NYU also made our Best Colleges for General Social Sciences list, coming in at #4.
About 0.8% of NYU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 21,614 students take at least one class online at NYU. 8,829 of NYU students are attending part time.
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Bellevue University earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Bellevue University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bellevue.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. 11,048 students at Bellevue University are exclusively online. 4,014 of Bellevue University students are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Washington - Seattle Campus as the #5 school in this year's rankings. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the city of Seattle. UW Seattle also made our Best Colleges for General Social Sciences list, coming in at #3.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. Approximately 8,815 students take at least one class online at UW Seattle. 9,705 of UW Seattle students are attending part time.
Full General Social Sciences at University of Washington - Seattle Campus Report
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Hawaii - West Oahu. UH West Oahu is a small public school located in the large suburb of Kapolei.
About 1.5% of UH West Oahu students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 2,442 of UH West Oahu students are exclusively distance learners. About 1,367 of the students at UH West Oahu are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize Washington State University as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a fairly large student population. Wazzu also made our Best Colleges for General Social Sciences list, coming in at #9.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. 4,690 students at Wazzu are exclusively online. About 4,985 of the students at Wazzu are attending part time.
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Brandman University landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best general social sciences schools for non-traditional students. Brandman is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Irvine.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. 5,783 students are part time.
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Florida State University earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. Florida State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tallahassee. Florida State also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for General Social Sciences rankings.
The student loan default rate at Florida State is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. Approximately 20,172 students take at least one class online at Florida State. There are roughly 8,311 part time students in attendance at Florida State.
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Michigan State University earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of East Lansing. Michigan State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for General Social Sciences list.
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 students are part time.
Full General Social Sciences at Michigan State University Report
