2021 Best General Business/Commerce Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
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Finding the Best General Business/Commerce Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best General Business/Commerce Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a bachelor's in general business. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general business/commerce 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 general business/commerce program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The general business 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 General Business Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
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2021 Best General Business/Commerce Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
Check out the general business programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best General Business/Commerce Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Gonzaga University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Far Western US Region that are best for non-traditional general business/commerce students. Gonzaga is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Spokane. Gonzaga also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the Far Western US Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at Gonzaga is lower than is typical, just 0.2% of students default in three years. 923 students at Gonzaga are exclusively online. There are roughly 661 part time students in attendance at Gonzaga.
Saint Mary's College of California landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best general business/commerce schools for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of Moraga, SMC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMC, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. 34 of SMC students are exclusively distance learners. About 683 of the students at SMC are attending part time.
California Baptist University landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best general business/commerce schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Riverside, Cal Baptist is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Cal Baptist has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. Approximately 3,638 students take at least one class online at Cal Baptist. There are roughly 2,045 part time students in attendance at Cal Baptist.
Seattle Pacific University earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Seattle, SPU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. SPU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the Far Western US Region list.
The student loan default rate at SPU is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 823 students take at least one class online at SPU. 603 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Oregon as the #5 school in this year's rankings. UO is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Eugene. UO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the Far Western US Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. Approximately 8,819 students take at least one class online at UO. 1,683 students are part time.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Nevada - Reno. UNR is a fairly large public school located in the city of Reno. UNR also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the Far Western US Region rankings.
About 0.8% of UNR students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 4,563 students at UNR that take at least one class online. There are roughly 5,396 part time students in attendance at UNR.
Western Oregon University landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best general business/commerce schools for non-traditional students. Located in the town of Monmouth, Western Oregon State College is a public college with a small student population. Western Oregon State College also made our Best Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #8.
About 2.5% of Western Oregon State College students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,235 students at Western Oregon State College that take at least one class online. 755 of Western Oregon State College students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Walla Walla University as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Walla Walla U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small suburb of College Place. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Walla Walla U has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the Far Western US Region ranking.
About 0.4% of Walla Walla U students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 383 students at Walla Walla U that take at least one class online. There are roughly 188 part time students in attendance at Walla Walla U.
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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