2021 Best Other Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
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Finding the Best Other Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Other Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer a bachelor's in other social sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other social sciences 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 other social sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The other social sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Other Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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Featured Other Social Sciences Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Learn to analyze social factors and become an advocate for individual and community health with this online bachelor's from Southern New Hampshire University.
University of California - Berkeley has taken the #1 spot in this year's other social sciences 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 #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Other Social Sciences in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UC Berkeley is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 26,398 students at UC Berkeley that take at least one class online. 4,099 of UC Berkeley students are attending part time.
Eastern Oregon University landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best other social sciences schools for non-traditional students. Located in the remote town of La Grande, EOU is a public college with a small student population. EOU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Other Social Sciences in the Far Western US Region list.
About 1.3% of EOU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 1,624 students at EOU are exclusively online. 1,193 students are part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of California - Riverside. UCR is a very large public school located in the large city of Riverside. UCR did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Other Social Sciences in the Far Western US Region list.
The student loan default rate at UCR is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 17,351 students at UCR that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,118 part time students in attendance at UCR.
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public school located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Other Social Sciences in the Far Western US Region list.
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. About 1,455 of the students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Other Social Sciences
Other Social Sciences is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 4 schools only.
References
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
