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2021 Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California

25 Colleges
2,925 Bachelor's Degrees
$30,690 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best History Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in CaliforniaHistory is the #19 most popular major in California with 2,925 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 12.1% of all the history bachelor's degrees in the country.

This year's Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in California ranking analyzed 25 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in history. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality history 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 history program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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2021 Best History Schools for Non-Traditional Students in California

Check out the history programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.

Top 10 Best History Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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University of California - Los Angeles has taken the #1 spot in this year's history ranking for non-traditional students. UCLA is a very large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCLA, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for History in California ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. Approximately 25,859 students take at least one class online at UCLA. 2,161 of UCLA students are attending part time.

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The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to California State University - Fullerton. Cal State Fullerton is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton.

About 0.8% of Cal State Fullerton students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 25,781 students take at least one class online at Cal State Fullerton. About 10,634 of the students at Cal State Fullerton are attending part time.

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University of Southern California comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC 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, USC has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for History in California ranking.

The student loan default rate at USC is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 15,291 students at USC that take at least one class online. 6,687 students are part time.

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University of California - Santa Barbara comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. UCSB is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara. UCSB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for History in California list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 3,596 students take at least one class online at UCSB. About 880 of the students at UCSB are attending part time.

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California State University - Sacramento landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best history schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public school with a very large student population.

The student loan default rate at Sac State is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 16,876 students at Sac State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 7,378 part time students in attendance at Sac State.

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Our rankings recognize University of California - Berkeley as the #6 school in this year's rankings. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UC Berkeley has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for History in California ranking.

The student loan default rate at UC Berkeley is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 26,398 students at UC Berkeley that take at least one class online. 4,099 students are part time.

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California State University - San Marcos earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large suburb of San Marcos, CSUSM is a public college with a large student population.

About 1.5% of CSUSM students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 8,464 students take at least one class online at CSUSM. There are roughly 3,222 part time students in attendance at CSUSM.

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Our rankings recognize University of California - San Diego as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public school with a very large student population. UCSD not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for History in California list.

About 0.6% of UCSD students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 21,222 students take at least one class online at UCSD. There are roughly 1,605 part time students in attendance at UCSD.

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University of California - Irvine earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the city of Irvine. UC Irvine also made our Best Colleges for History in California list, coming in at #6.

About 0.6% of UC Irvine students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 23,448 students at UC Irvine that take at least one class online. 1,201 of UC Irvine students are attending part time.

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California State University - Los Angeles landed the #10 spot in our 2021 best history schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 1.7% of Cal State LA students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 16,268 students take at least one class online at Cal State LA. About 5,425 of the students at Cal State LA are attending part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students History Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 443
Oregon 326
Nevada 86
Hawaii 65
Alaska 41

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