2021 Best Architecture & Related Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
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Finding the Best Architecture & Related Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Architecture & Related Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a bachelor's in architecture & related services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architecture & related services programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architecture & related services program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The architecture & related services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Architecture & Related Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
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2021 Best Architecture & Related Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Architecture & Related Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Architecture & Related Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Texas A&M University - College Station has taken the #1 spot in this year's architecture & related services ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Architecture & Related Services in the Southwest Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. There are approximately 24,343 students at Texas A&M College Station that take at least one class online. There are roughly 9,943 part time students in attendance at Texas A&M College Station.
Our rankings recognize Arizona State University - Tempe as the #2 school in this year's rankings. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe. ASU - Tempe not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Architecture & Related Services in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. Approximately 37,856 students take at least one class online at ASU - Tempe. About 8,480 of the students at ASU - Tempe are attending part time.
University of Arizona landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best architecture & related services schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, University of Arizona has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Architecture & Related Services in the Southwest Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at University of Arizona is lower than is typical, just 1.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 18,254 students take at least one class online at University of Arizona. 12,642 students are part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Texas Tech University. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock. Texas Tech also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Architecture & Related Services in the Southwest Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at Texas Tech is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 22,394 students take at least one class online at Texas Tech. 7,077 of Texas Tech students are attending part time.
University of Houston landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best architecture & related services schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UH has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Architecture & Related Services in the Southwest Region ranking.
About 0.5% of UH students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 26,121 students take at least one class online at UH. 13,663 students are part time.
The University of Texas at Austin landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best architecture & related services schools for non-traditional students. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin. UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Architecture & Related Services in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 23,198 students take at least one class online at UT Austin. There are roughly 3,479 part time students in attendance at UT Austin.
The University of Texas at Arlington earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington. UT Arlington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for Architecture & Related Services in the Southwest Region list.
About 1.4% of UT Arlington students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 17,309 students at UT Arlington are exclusively online. 22,217 of UT Arlington students are attending part time.
Texas State University comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Texas State has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Architecture & Related Services in the Southwest Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. There are approximately 21,921 students at Texas State that take at least one class online. 8,642 students are part time.
The University of Texas at San Antonio comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Antonio.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. Approximately 20,824 students take at least one class online at UTSA. About 10,436 of the students at UTSA 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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