2021 Best Area Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
5
Colleges
408
Bachelor's Degrees
$36,796
Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Area Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Area Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer a bachelor's in area studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality area studies 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 area studies program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Featured Area Studies Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
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Featured Area Studies Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
BA in Anthropology
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.
Learn More
2021 Best Area Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the area studies programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Area Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor has taken the #1 spot in this year's area studies ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a very large student population. U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Area Studies in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at U-M is lower than is typical, just 0.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 15,737 students take at least one class online at U-M. 3,568 of U-M students are attending part time.
Read full report on Area Studies at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population. UIUC also made our Best Colleges for Area Studies in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #2.
The student loan default rate at UIUC is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 35,475 students take at least one class online at UIUC. About 10,007 of the students at UIUC are attending part time.
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University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best area studies schools for non-traditional students. UIC is a very large public school located in the large city of Chicago. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIC, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Area Studies in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UIC is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 19,768 students take at least one class online at UIC. There are roughly 5,712 part time students in attendance at UIC.
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The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Wisconsin - Madison. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Area Studies in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UW - Madison is lower than is typical, just 0.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 11,375 students take at least one class online at UW - Madison. 4,683 students are part time.
Full Area Studies at University of Wisconsin - Madison Report
Our rankings recognize Miami University - Oxford as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public school with a large student population. Miami University - Oxford also made our Best Colleges for Area Studies in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.
The student loan default rate at Miami University - Oxford is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 5,388 students take at least one class online at Miami University - Oxford. There are roughly 1,700 part time students in attendance at Miami University - Oxford.
Full Area Studies at Miami University - Oxford Report
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 5 schools only.
References
- 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Karl Udo Gerth.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
