2021 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
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Finding the Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer a bachelor's in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent area, ethnic, culture, & gender 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, ethnic, culture, & gender studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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.
Gain a rich foundation of knowledge ranging from early history to modern times with this online bachelor's degree in history from Southern New Hampshire University.
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, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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Featured Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender 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.
Gain a rich foundation of knowledge ranging from early history to modern times with this online bachelor's degree in history 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, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Berkeley, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. There are approximately 26,398 students at UC Berkeley that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,099 part time students in attendance at UC Berkeley.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Seattle. UW Seattle not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in the Far Western US Region list.
The student loan default rate at UW Seattle is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 8,815 students take at least one class online at UW Seattle. There are roughly 9,705 part time students in attendance at UW Seattle.
University of California - Los Angeles earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a fairly large student population. UCLA not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in the Far Western US Region list.
The student loan default rate at UCLA is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 25,859 students take at least one class online at UCLA. About 2,161 of the students at UCLA are attending part time.
California State University - Fullerton comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the large suburb of Fullerton, Cal State Fullerton is a public college with a fairly large student population. Cal State Fullerton not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in the Far Western US Region list.
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. 10,634 of Cal State Fullerton students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize California State University - Long Beach as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public college with a fairly large student population. CSULB also made our Best Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #5.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 24,806 students take at least one class online at CSULB. 8,046 students are part time.
University of Hawaii at Manoa comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Honolulu, UH Manoa is a public college with a fairly large student population. UH Manoa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in the Far Western US Region list.
The student loan default rate at UH Manoa is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 8,825 students at UH Manoa that take at least one class online. 5,400 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize University of California - Riverside as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Riverside, UCR is a public college with a very large student population. UCR also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in the Far Western US Region rankings.
About 0.8% of UCR students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 17,351 students take at least one class online at UCR. 1,118 of UCR students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize California State University - Chico as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Located in the medium-sized city of Chico, Chico State is a public school with a large student population.
The student loan default rate at Chico State is lower than is typical, just 2.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 10,804 students at Chico State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,083 part time students in attendance at Chico State.
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).
