2021 Best Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
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Finding the Best Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, we looked at 22 colleges that offer a bachelor's in social sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social sciences programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the social sciences program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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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2021 Best Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 10 Best Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Utah tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that are best for non-traditional social sciences students. U of U is a very large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, U of U has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at U of U is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 19,378 students take at least one class online at U of U. 7,185 students are part time.
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The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Colorado Boulder. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public school located in the city of Boulder. CU - Boulder not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The student loan default rate at CU - Boulder is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. Approximately 24,299 students take at least one class online at CU - Boulder. 7,631 of CU - Boulder students are attending part time.
Full Social Sciences at University of Colorado Boulder Report
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. CU Anschutz is a very large public school located in the city of Denver. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, CU Anschutz has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 8,659 students at CU Anschutz that take at least one class online. About 11,636 of the students at CU Anschutz are attending part time.
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Brigham Young University - Provo earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the midsize city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, BYU has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
About 0.4% of BYU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 12,325 students at BYU that take at least one class online. 4,504 of BYU students are attending part time.
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University of Northern Colorado comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The student loan default rate at University of Northern Colorado is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,583 students at University of Northern Colorado that take at least one class online. About 3,468 of the students at University of Northern Colorado are attending part time.
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University of Colorado at Colorado Springs earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public college with a large student population.
The student loan default rate at UCCS is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 4,485 students at UCCS that take at least one class online. 4,071 of UCCS students are attending part time.
Full Social Sciences at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Report
University of Denver landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best social sciences schools for non-traditional students. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver. DU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
About 0.7% of DU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 3,512 students at DU are exclusively online. 5,249 of DU students are attending part time.
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Colorado State University - Fort Collins earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Colorado State has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Colorado State is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 12,180 students take at least one class online at Colorado State. There are roughly 9,631 part time students in attendance at Colorado State.
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Our rankings recognize The University of Montana as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Missoula, UM is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
About 3.0% of UM students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,583 students at UM that take at least one class online. 3,141 students are part time.
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Utah State University earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public school with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at USU, the school also landed the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
About 0.8% of USU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 13,751 students at USU that take at least one class online. 9,734 of USU students are attending part time.
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