2021 Best Human Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
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Finding the Best Human Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Human Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer a bachelor's in human services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent human services 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 human services program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Human Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Human Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Human Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Bridgeport tops the 2021 list of our schools in the New England Region that are best for non-traditional human services students. UBridgeport is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Bridgeport. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UBridgeport, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Human Services in the New England Region ranking.
About 2.9% of UBridgeport students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 1,056 students take at least one class online at UBridgeport. 1,281 students are part time.
Cambridge College landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best human services schools for non-traditional students. Cambridge College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston. Cambridge College also made our Best Colleges for Human Services in the New England Region list, coming in at #4.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. 746 of Cambridge College students are exclusively distance learners. 1,820 students are part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Fitchburg State University. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Fitchburg, Fitchburg State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. Fitchburg State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Human Services in the New England Region list.
The student loan default rate at Fitchburg State is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. 2,836 students at Fitchburg State are exclusively online. 3,648 of Fitchburg State students are attending part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Fisher College. Fisher College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston. Fisher College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Human Services in the New England Region list.
About 1.9% of Fisher College students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 661 of Fisher College students are exclusively distance learners. 770 of Fisher College students are attending part time.
Post University landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best human services schools for non-traditional students. Located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit college with a large student population. Post University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Human Services in the New England Region list.
About 5.2% of Post University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 13,026 of Post University students are exclusively distance learners. 8,163 students are part time.
Northeastern University comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population. Northeastern also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Human Services in the New England Region rankings.
About 0.5% of Northeastern students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 7,987 students take at least one class online at Northeastern. About 1,267 of the students at Northeastern are attending part time.
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).
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