2021 Best Area Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
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Finding the Best Area Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Area Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer a bachelor's in area studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent area studies 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 area studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The area studies 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 Area Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
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Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Explore societal similarities and differences as seen through cultural, biological, archaeological and linguistic lenses when you earn one of your degrees in anthropology from Southern New Hampshire University.
University of California - Berkeley tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Far Western US Region that are best for non-traditional area studies students. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley. UC Berkeley also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Area Studies in the Far Western US Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 26,398 students take at least one class online at UC Berkeley. 4,099 of UC Berkeley students are attending part time.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best area studies schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a very large student population. UW Seattle also made our Best Colleges for Area Studies in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #3.
About 0.7% of UW Seattle students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 8,815 students at UW Seattle that take at least one class online. 9,705 students are part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of California - Los Angeles. UCLA is a very large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCLA, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Area Studies in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. Approximately 25,859 students take at least one class online at UCLA. 2,161 students are part time.
California State University - Fullerton landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best area studies schools for non-traditional students. Cal State Fullerton is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton. Cal State Fullerton also made our Best Colleges for Area Studies in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #6.
About 0.8% of Cal State Fullerton students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 25,781 students at Cal State Fullerton that take at least one class online. There are roughly 10,634 part time students in attendance at Cal State Fullerton.
California State University - Long Beach landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best area studies schools for non-traditional students. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Long Beach. CSULB also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Area Studies in the Far Western US Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 24,806 students take at least one class online at CSULB. There are roughly 8,046 part time students in attendance at CSULB.
Our rankings recognize University of Hawaii at Manoa as the #6 school in this year's rankings. UH Manoa is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Honolulu. UH Manoa also made our Best Colleges for Area Studies in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #4.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. Approximately 8,825 students take at least one class online at UH Manoa. There are roughly 5,400 part time students in attendance at UH Manoa.
Our rankings recognize University of California - Riverside as the #7 school in this year's rankings. UCR is a very large public school located in the city of Riverside. UCR did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Area Studies in the Far Western US Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 17,351 students at UCR that take at least one class online. 1,118 of UCR students are attending part time.
California State University - Chico earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. Chico State is a large public school located in the city of Chico.
The student loan default rate at Chico State is lower than is typical, just 2.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 10,804 students take at least one class online at Chico State. 2,083 of Chico State students are attending part time.
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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