2021 Best Area Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Illinois
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Finding the Best Area Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
In <nil>, 92 bachelor's degrees were awarded to area studies students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #111 most popular major in the state. This means that of the 3,952 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 2.3% were from a college or university in the state.
For this year's Best Area Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Illinois ranking, we looked at 2 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.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Area Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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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Featured Area Studies Programs
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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign tops the 2021 list of our schools in Illinois that are best for non-traditional area studies students. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Area Studies in Illinois ranking.
About 0.6% of UIUC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 35,475 students at UIUC that take at least one class online. 10,007 of UIUC students are attending part time.
University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best area studies schools for non-traditional students. UIC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chicago. UIC also made our Best Colleges for Area Studies in Illinois list, coming in at #2.
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. 5,712 of UIC 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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In <nil>, 92 bachelor's degrees were awarded to area studies students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #111 most popular major in the state. This means that of the 3,952 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 2.3% were from a college or university in the state.
