2021 Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
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Finding the Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking, we looked at 31 colleges that offer a bachelor's in biological & biomedical sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biological & biomedical sciences 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 biological & biomedical sciences program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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2021 Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying biological & biomedical sciences.
Top 10 Best Biological & Biomedical Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Unity College tops the 2021 list of our schools in the New England Region that are best for non-traditional biological & biomedical sciences students. Located in the rural area of New Gloucester, Unity is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. Unity also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the New England Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at Unity is lower than is typical, just 2.6% of students default in three years. 2,366 students at Unity are exclusively online. There are roughly 261 part time students in attendance at Unity.
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Northeastern University landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best biological & biomedical sciences schools for non-traditional students. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston. Northeastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the New England Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. There are approximately 7,987 students at Northeastern that take at least one class online. 1,267 of Northeastern students are attending part time.
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University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best biological & biomedical sciences schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Amherst, the school also landed the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the New England Region ranking.
About 0.9% of UMass Amherst students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 4,105 of UMass Amherst students are exclusively distance learners. 6,786 of UMass Amherst students are attending part time.
Full Biological & Biomedical Sciences at University of Massachusetts Amherst Report
Boston University earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U 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, Boston U has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the New England Region ranking.
About 0.5% of Boston U students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 4,032 of Boston U students are exclusively distance learners. About 7,057 of the students at Boston U are attending part time.
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University of Connecticut earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a very large student population. UCONN not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the New England Region list.
About 0.9% of UCONN students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 11,648 students take at least one class online at UCONN. 3,257 of UCONN students are attending part time.
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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. UNH is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Durham. UNH excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Biological & Biomedical Sciences in the New England Region list.
The student loan default rate at UNH is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. Approximately 3,625 students take at least one class online at UNH. 1,355 of UNH students are attending part time.
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University of Vermont comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of Burlington, UVM is a public college with a large student population.
The student loan default rate at UVM is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 3,390 students take at least one class online at UVM. About 1,286 of the students at UVM are attending part time.
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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Fitchburg State University. Fitchburg State is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Fitchburg.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. 2,836 of Fitchburg State students are exclusively distance learners. 3,648 students are part time.
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The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Worcester State University. Worcester State is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Worcester.
About 2.6% of Worcester State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,303 students take at least one class online at Worcester State. 1,682 of Worcester State students are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize Salem State University as the #10 school in this year's rankings. Salem State is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Salem.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. There are approximately 3,979 students at Salem State that take at least one class online. 2,253 students are part time.
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