2021 Best Journalism Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region
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Finding the Best Journalism Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Journalism Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region ranking, we looked at 27 colleges that offer a bachelor's in journalism. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great journalism programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the journalism program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
More Ways to Rank Journalism Schools
The journalism 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 Journalism Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
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 Journalism Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region
Check out the journalism programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 10 Best Journalism Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Georgia College & State University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southeast Region that are best for non-traditional journalism students. Located in the distant town of Milledgeville, Georgia College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgia College, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Journalism in the Southeast Region ranking.
About 0.9% of Georgia College students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 1,492 students take at least one class online at Georgia College. 1,421 students are part time.
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University of Georgia comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a fairly large student population. UGA also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Journalism in the Southeast Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 6,742 students at UGA that take at least one class online. 4,437 students are part time.
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West Virginia University landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best journalism schools for non-traditional students. Located in the small city of Morgantown, WVU is a public college with a very large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.9%. Approximately 11,100 students take at least one class online at WVU. About 3,190 of the students at WVU are attending part time.
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University of Florida landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best journalism schools for non-traditional students. UF is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville. UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Journalism in the Southeast Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 22,865 students at UF that take at least one class online. There are roughly 11,205 part time students in attendance at UF.
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University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best journalism schools for non-traditional students. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, UofSC is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UofSC has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Journalism in the Southeast Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UofSC is lower than is typical, just 1.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 16,608 students at UofSC that take at least one class online. 3,896 students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Arkansas as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public school with a very large student population. UARK also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Journalism in the Southeast Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at UARK is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 6,821 students take at least one class online at UARK. About 5,786 of the students at UARK are attending part time.
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Radford University earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Radford is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of Radford.
About 1.8% of Radford students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 4,017 students at Radford that take at least one class online. 2,252 students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize Auburn University as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public school with a fairly large student population. Auburn also took the #9 spot in our Best Colleges for Journalism in the Southeast Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 11,718 students take at least one class online at Auburn. 5,257 of Auburn students are attending part time.
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The University of Alabama earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. UA is a very large public school located in the city of Tuscaloosa.
About 1.2% of UA students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 9,339 students at UA that take at least one class online. About 6,421 of the students at UA are attending part time.
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University of West Georgia comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. Located in the fringe town of Carrollton, University of West Georgia is a public college with a large student population.
The student loan default rate at University of West Georgia is lower than is typical, just 2.8% of students default in three years. 4,945 of University of West Georgia students are exclusively distance learners. 5,331 students are part time.
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