2021 Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
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Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking looked at 75 colleges that offer a bachelor's in business, management & marketing. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent business, management & marketing 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 business, management & marketing program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 15% Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of the Incarnate Word has taken the #1 spot in this year's business, management & marketing ranking for non-traditional students. UIW is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Antonio. UIW also took the #9 spot in our Best Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing in the Southwest Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. There are approximately 2,542 students at UIW that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,338 part time students in attendance at UIW.
Baylor University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population. Baylor did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing in the Southwest Region list.
About 1.1% of Baylor students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 9,716 students at Baylor that take at least one class online. 2,125 of Baylor students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Southern Nazarene University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. SNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bethany.
About 1.2% of SNU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 599 of SNU students are exclusively distance learners. 467 of SNU students are attending part time.
University of North Texas earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. UNT is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Denton. In addition to being on our bet for non-traditional students list, UNT is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing in the Southwest Region list.
The student loan default rate at UNT is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 20,194 students take at least one class online at UNT. 12,105 students are part time.
Texas A&M University - College Station comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station. Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing in the Southwest Region list.
The student loan default rate at Texas A&M College Station is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 24,343 students take at least one class online at Texas A&M College Station. 9,943 students are part time.
Southern Methodist University comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. SMU also made our Best Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.
About 1.1% of SMU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 912 of SMU students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 3,019 part time students in attendance at SMU.
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Arizona State University - Tempe. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a very large student population. ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing in the Southwest Region list.
About 1.5% of ASU - Tempe students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 37,856 students at ASU - Tempe that take at least one class online. 8,480 students are part time.
Mid-America Christian University earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. MACU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Oklahoma City.
The student loan default rate at MACU is lower than is typical, just 2.9% of students default in three years. 1,556 of MACU students are exclusively distance learners. 571 students are part time.
University of Houston landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best business, management & marketing schools for non-traditional students. UH is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston. UH not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing in the Southwest Region list.
About 0.5% of UH students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 26,121 students at UH that take at least one class online. 13,663 students are part time.
The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Norman. University of Oklahoma did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. Approximately 12,433 students take at least one class online at University of Oklahoma. About 6,082 of the students at University of Oklahoma are attending part time.
University of Arizona comes in at #11 in this year's ranking. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson. On top of its placing in our non-traditional rankings, University of Arizona also did well on our Best Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing in the Southwest Region list. It's in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in that analysis.
The student loan default rate at University of Arizona is lower than is typical, just 1.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 18,254 students at University of Arizona that take at least one class online. 12,642 students are part time.
Here are some additional great schools for Southwest Region non-traditional students studying Business, Management & Marketing that almost earned our Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region award.
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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