2021 Best General Biology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
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Finding the Best General Biology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best General Biology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, we looked at 24 colleges that offer a bachelor's in biology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general biology programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the general biology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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2021 Best General Biology Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying biology.
Top 10 Best General Biology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Colorado State University - Fort Collins tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that are best for non-traditional general biology students. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colorado State, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for General Biology in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
About 0.8% of Colorado State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 12,180 students at Colorado State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 9,631 part time students in attendance at Colorado State.
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University of Utah comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, U of U has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for General Biology in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 19,378 students at U of U that take at least one class online. 7,185 students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus as the #3 school in this year's rankings. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Denver. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, CU Anschutz has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for General Biology in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 8,659 students take at least one class online at CU Anschutz. 11,636 of CU Anschutz students are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Colorado at Colorado Springs as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public school with a large student population.
About 1.4% of UCCS students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 4,485 students take at least one class online at UCCS. There are roughly 4,071 part time students in attendance at UCCS.
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Our rankings recognize Brigham Young University - Idaho as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the distant town of Rexburg, BYU - I is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
About 1.0% of BYU - I students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 23,058 of BYU - I students are exclusively distance learners. 26,387 students are part time.
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Utah State University comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at USU, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for General Biology in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 13,751 students take at least one class online at USU. 9,734 of USU students are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Northern Colorado as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Located in the medium-sized city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
About 0.9% of University of Northern Colorado students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 3,583 students take at least one class online at University of Northern Colorado. There are roughly 3,468 part time students in attendance at University of Northern Colorado.
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University of Wyoming landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best general biology schools for non-traditional students. UW is a fairly large public school located in the town of Laramie. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UW has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for General Biology in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
About 0.9% of UW students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 5,894 students at UW that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,493 part time students in attendance at UW.
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Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best general biology schools for non-traditional students. MSU Denver is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Denver.
The student loan default rate at MSU Denver is lower than is typical, just 2.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 8,148 students take at least one class online at MSU Denver. About 7,163 of the students at MSU Denver are attending part time.
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Utah Valley University comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. UVU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Orem.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. Approximately 15,690 students take at least one class online at UVU. About 22,387 of the students at UVU are attending part time.
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