2021 Best Sociology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
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Finding the Best Sociology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Sociology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking analyzed 45 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in sociology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality sociology 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 sociology program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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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 Sociology Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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2021 Best Sociology Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the sociology programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 10 Best Sociology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Wisconsin - Madison tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Great Lakes Region that are best for non-traditional sociology students. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison. UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Sociology in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.2%. Approximately 11,375 students take at least one class online at UW - Madison. 4,683 students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Illinois at Chicago as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population. UIC also made our Best Colleges for Sociology in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #8.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. Approximately 19,768 students take at least one class online at UIC. There are roughly 5,712 part time students in attendance at UIC.
Read full report on Sociology at University of Illinois at Chicago
Michigan State University landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best sociology schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a fairly large student population. Michigan State also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Sociology in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 33,526 students at Michigan State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 6,517 part time students in attendance at Michigan State.
Read full report on Sociology at Michigan State University
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Ohio State University - Main Campus. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus. Ohio State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for Sociology in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 1.2% of Ohio State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 42,293 students take at least one class online at Ohio State. 8,459 students are part time.
Full Sociology at Ohio State University - Main Campus Report
Our rankings recognize Indiana University - Bloomington as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a very large student population. IU Bloomington not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Sociology in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at IU Bloomington is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 18,013 students take at least one class online at IU Bloomington. 5,256 of IU Bloomington students are attending part time.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor. U-M also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Sociology in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
About 0.2% of U-M students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 15,737 students at U-M that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,568 part time students in attendance at U-M.
Read full report on Sociology at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best sociology schools for non-traditional students. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette. Purdue also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Sociology in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 19,239 students at Purdue that take at least one class online. 7,612 of Purdue students are attending part time.
Read full report on Sociology at Purdue University - Main Campus
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Located in the town of Whitewater, UW - Whitewater is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. There are approximately 5,785 students at UW - Whitewater that take at least one class online. 2,457 of UW - Whitewater students are attending part time.
Full Sociology at University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Report
Our rankings recognize University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as the #9 school in this year's rankings. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign. UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for Sociology in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at UIUC is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 35,475 students at UIUC that take at least one class online. 10,007 students are part time.
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DePaul University earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. Approximately 8,996 students take at least one class online at DePaul. 3,547 of DePaul students are attending part time.
Read full report on Sociology at DePaul University
