2021 Best Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
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Finding the Best Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region ranking analyzed 41 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality education programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Education Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 10 Best Education Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Nevada - Las Vegas tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Far Western US Region that are best for non-traditional education students. Located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UNLV has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Education in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UNLV is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 15,438 students at UNLV that take at least one class online. 8,226 students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize Central Washington University as the #2 school in this year's rankings. CWU is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Ellensburg. As a testament to the quality of education offered at CWU, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Education in the Far Western US Region ranking.
About 1.8% of CWU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 4,411 students at CWU that take at least one class online. About 1,565 of the students at CWU are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize Western Washington University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of Bellingham, WWU is a public college with a large student population. WWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Education in the Far Western US Region list.
About 0.5% of WWU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 827 students take at least one class online at WWU. There are roughly 1,864 part time students in attendance at WWU.
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Washington State University earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a fairly large student population. Wazzu also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Education in the Far Western US Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. 4,690 of Wazzu students are exclusively distance learners. 4,985 of Wazzu students are attending part time.
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Pacific Lutheran University earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. PLU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Tacoma. PLU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Education in the Far Western US Region list.
About 0.9% of PLU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 67 students take at least one class online at PLU. There are roughly 199 part time students in attendance at PLU.
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Eastern Washington University earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. EWU is a large public school located in the town of Cheney.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. Approximately 3,626 students take at least one class online at EWU. 1,697 of EWU students are attending part time.
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University of Hawaii at Manoa comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Honolulu, UH Manoa is a public college with a fairly large student population. UH Manoa also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Education in the Far Western US Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at UH Manoa is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 8,825 students take at least one class online at UH Manoa. 5,400 of UH Manoa students are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Nevada - Reno as the #8 school in this year's rankings. UNR is a very large public school located in the city of Reno. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UNR has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Education in the Far Western US Region ranking.
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.
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The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to George Fox University. Located in the fringe town of Newberg, GFU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.4%. Approximately 1,160 students take at least one class online at GFU. There are roughly 1,318 part time students in attendance at GFU.
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The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to National University. Located in the large city of San Diego, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. 11,960 students at National University are exclusively online. About 8,705 of the students at National University are attending part time.
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