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2021 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students

31 Colleges
9,424 Bachelor's Degrees
$35,929 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional StudentsIn <nil>, 9,424 people earned their bachelor's in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies, making the major the #26 most popular in the United States.

This year's Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students ranking analyzed 31 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality area, ethnic, culture, & gender 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, ethnic, culture, & gender studies program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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2021 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies.

Top 10 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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George Washington University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the United States that are best for non-traditional area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population. GWU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies list.

About 0.4% of GWU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 5,340 of GWU students are exclusively distance learners. 8,798 of GWU students are attending part time.

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The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of California - Berkeley. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the city of Berkeley. UC Berkeley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies list.

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.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies schools for non-traditional students. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

The student loan default rate at UNC Chapel Hill is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 6,990 students at UNC Chapel Hill that take at least one class online. About 5,151 of the students at UNC Chapel Hill are attending part time.

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The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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.

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Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Emory University landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies schools for non-traditional students. Emory is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta. Emory did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies list.

The student loan default rate at Emory is lower than is typical, just 0.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 6,651 students at Emory that take at least one class online. 1,395 of Emory students are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize University of California - Los Angeles as the #6 school in this year's rankings. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles. On top of its placing in our non-traditional rankings, UCLA also did well on our Best Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies list. It's in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in that analysis.

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 of UCLA students are attending part time.

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Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population. Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies list.

About 0.9% of Columbia students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 6,172 students at Columbia that take at least one class online. About 4,854 of the students at Columbia are attending part time.

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Cornell University landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies schools for non-traditional students. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca. Cornell also took the #9 spot in our Best Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies rankings.

About 0.4% of Cornell students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,837 students at Cornell that take at least one class online. There are roughly 574 part time students in attendance at Cornell.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The student loan default rate at University of Virginia is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 4,175 students take at least one class online at University of Virginia. There are roughly 2,758 part time students in attendance at University of Virginia.

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University of Maryland - College Park earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. Approximately 11,700 students take at least one class online at UMCP. There are roughly 4,841 part time students in attendance at UMCP.

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