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2021 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region

13 Colleges
813 Bachelor's Degrees
$33,570 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region

For this year's Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a bachelor's in subject specific ed. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality teacher education subject specific programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the teacher education subject specific program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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2021 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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Bridgewater State University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the New England Region that are best for non-traditional teacher education subject specific students. Bridgewater State is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Bridgewater. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bridgewater State, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the New England Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at Bridgewater State is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 3,579 students take at least one class online at Bridgewater State. 2,921 students are part time.

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Western Connecticut State University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Danbury, WestConn is a public school with a small student population. WestConn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the New England Region list.

About 2.7% of WestConn students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,116 students take at least one class online at WestConn. 1,281 students are part time.

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Plymouth State University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Plymouth State is a small public school located in the remote town of Plymouth.

The student loan default rate at Plymouth State is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 2,045 students take at least one class online at Plymouth State. 479 of Plymouth State students are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize Central Connecticut State University as the #4 school in this year's rankings. CCSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of New Britain. CCSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the New England Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.1%. There are approximately 2,064 students at CCSU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,098 part time students in attendance at CCSU.

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Rhode Island College
Providence, RI

The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Rhode Island College. RIC is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Providence. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, RIC has also earned the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the New England Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at RIC is lower than is typical, just 3.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,583 students at RIC that take at least one class online. About 2,015 of the students at RIC are attending part time.

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University of Maine earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public college with a large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMaine, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the New England Region ranking.

About 1.7% of UMaine students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 5,820 students take at least one class online at UMaine. There are roughly 3,614 part time students in attendance at UMaine.

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Boston University
Boston, MA

Boston University landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best teacher education subject specific schools for non-traditional students. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston. Boston U also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the New England Region rankings.

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. 7,057 of Boston U students are attending part time.

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Eastern Connecticut State University comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Located in the town of Willimantic, ECSU is a public college with a small student population. ECSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the New England Region list.

About 2.4% of ECSU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 282 students take at least one class online at ECSU. There are roughly 769 part time students in attendance at ECSU.

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Our rankings recognize Keene State College as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Keene State is a small public school located in the town of Keene. Keene State also made our Best Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific in the New England Region list, coming in at #6.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 277 students take at least one class online at Keene State. 200 of Keene State students are attending part time.

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Southern Connecticut State University comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, SCSU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.7%. There are approximately 4,172 students at SCSU that take at least one class online. 2,335 of SCSU students are attending part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Teacher Education Subject Specific Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students teacher education subject specific schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 341
Connecticut 234
New Hampshire 56
Rhode Island 77
Maine 117
Vermont 52

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*Avg Cost is for the top 13 schools only.

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