2021 Best Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
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Finding the Best Social Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Social Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region ranking looked at 30 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 Plains States 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 Minnesota - Twin Cities has taken the #1 spot in this year's social sciences ranking for non-traditional students. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the city of Minneapolis. UMN Twin Cities also made our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #1.
About 0.6% of UMN Twin Cities students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 21,237 students at UMN Twin Cities that take at least one class online. 13,655 students are part time.
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University of Iowa landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best social sciences schools for non-traditional students. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Iowa City. Iowa also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in the Plains States Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at Iowa is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 12,975 students at Iowa that take at least one class online. There are roughly 5,055 part time students in attendance at Iowa.
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Our rankings recognize Upper Iowa University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. UIU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote area of Fayette.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.6%. 1,973 of UIU students are exclusively distance learners. About 1,332 of the students at UIU are attending part time.
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The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Missouri - Columbia. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a very large student population. Mizzou also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in the Plains States Region rankings.
About 0.7% of Mizzou students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 15,161 students at Mizzou that take at least one class online. About 5,276 of the students at Mizzou are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Kansas as the #5 school in this year's rankings. KU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lawrence. KU also made our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #4.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. Approximately 11,364 students take at least one class online at KU. 4,657 of KU students are attending part time.
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The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Nebraska - Lincoln. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lincoln. UNL also made our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #6.
The student loan default rate at UNL is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 13,905 students at UNL that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,376 part time students in attendance at UNL.
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Hamline University landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best social sciences schools for non-traditional students. Hamline is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Paul.
About 1.1% of Hamline students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 1,398 students take at least one class online at Hamline. About 1,143 of the students at Hamline are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Minnesota - Duluth as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of Duluth, UMN Duluth is a public college with a medium-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. Approximately 4,332 students take at least one class online at UMN Duluth. 1,623 students are part time.
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University of Missouri - St Louis earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, UMSL is a public college with a large student population.
The student loan default rate at UMSL is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. There are approximately 4,183 students at UMSL that take at least one class online. 9,899 students are part time.
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Kansas State University comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at K -State, the school also landed the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Social Sciences in the Plains States Region ranking.
About 0.9% of K -State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 6,181 students take at least one class online at K -State. 3,739 students are part time.
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