2021 Best Public Administration Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
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Finding the Best Public Administration Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Public Administration Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer a bachelor's in public admin. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public administration program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Public Administration Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
Check out the public admin programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Public Administration Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of La Verne has taken the #1 spot in this year's public administration ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the large suburb of La Verne, ULV is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, ULV has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Public Administration in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. Approximately 985 students take at least one class online at ULV. There are roughly 1,920 part time students in attendance at ULV.
University of Hawaii - West Oahu earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. UH West Oahu is a small public school located in the suburb of Kapolei. UH West Oahu also made our Best Colleges for Public Administration in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #5.
The student loan default rate at UH West Oahu is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. 2,442 students at UH West Oahu are exclusively online. 1,367 students are part time.
California State University - Dominguez Hills landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best public administration schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Carson, CSUDH is a public school with a large student population. CSUDH not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Public Administration in the Far Western US Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. 13,048 of CSUDH students are exclusively distance learners. 4,819 of CSUDH students are attending part time.
California State University - Fullerton comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the large suburb of Fullerton, Cal State Fullerton is a public school with a very large student population. Cal State Fullerton not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Public Administration in the Far Western US Region list.
The student loan default rate at Cal State Fullerton is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 25,781 students at Cal State Fullerton that take at least one class online. 10,634 students are part time.
San Diego State University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. SDSU is a very large public school located in the large city of San Diego. SDSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Public Administration in the Far Western US Region list.
The student loan default rate at SDSU is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. Approximately 21,657 students take at least one class online at SDSU. 5,452 of SDSU students are attending part time.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Oregon. UO is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Eugene. UO also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Public Administration in the Far Western US Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. There are approximately 8,819 students at UO that take at least one class online. 1,683 students are 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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