2021 Best General Architecture Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
9Colleges
462Bachelor's Degrees
$38,299Avg Cost*
Finding the Best General Architecture Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best General Architecture Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a bachelor's in architecture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general architecture programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general architecture program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best General Architecture Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying architecture.
Best General Architecture Schools for Non-Traditional Students
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Far Western US Region that are best for non-traditional general architecture students. Cal Poly Pomona is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Pomona. Cal Poly Pomona not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Colleges for General Architecture in the Far Western US Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. There are approximately 20,284 students at Cal Poly Pomona that take at least one class online. 5,151 of Cal Poly Pomona students are attending part time.
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best general architecture schools for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for General Architecture in the Far Western US Region ranking.
About 0.8% of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 15,682 students take at least one class online at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. 1,455 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize University of California - Berkeley as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Berkeley, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for General Architecture in the Far Western US Region ranking.
About 0.5% of UC Berkeley students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 26,398 students take at least one class online at UC Berkeley. 4,099 of UC Berkeley students are attending part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Woodbury University. Woodbury is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Burbank. Woodbury not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for General Architecture in the Far Western US Region list.
The student loan default rate at Woodbury is lower than is typical, just 1.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 402 students at Woodbury that take at least one class online. 88 of Woodbury students are attending part time.
University of Oregon landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best general architecture schools for non-traditional students. UO is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Eugene. UO also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for General Architecture 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.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best general architecture schools for non-traditional students. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the large city of Seattle. UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for General Architecture in the Far Western US Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. Approximately 8,815 students take at least one class online at UW Seattle. There are roughly 9,705 part time students in attendance at UW Seattle.
University of San Francisco comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. USFCA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.
About 0.5% of USFCA students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 5,220 students at USFCA that take at least one class online. 2,299 of USFCA students are attending part time.
University of Southern California landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best general architecture schools for non-traditional students. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles. USC also made our Best Colleges for General Architecture in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #9.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 15,291 students take at least one class online at USC. About 6,687 of the students at USC are attending part time.
The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Portland State University. Portland State University is a very large public school located in the city of Portland.
About 1.5% of Portland State University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 7,103 students at Portland State University that take at least one class online. 8,440 of Portland State University students are attending part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 9 schools only.
References
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).
