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.
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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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, 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%. 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 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 school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. 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 large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college 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.
About 0.7% of UCLA students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 25,859 students take at least one class online at UCLA. 2,161 students are 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 school 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. Approximately 25,781 students take at least one class online at Cal State Fullerton. About 10,634 of the students at Cal State Fullerton 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 school with a very 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 student loan default rate at CSULB is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 24,806 students take at least one class online at CSULB. There are roughly 8,046 part time students in attendance at CSULB.
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 school 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.
About 1.4% of UH Manoa students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 8,825 students take at least one class online at UH Manoa. About 5,400 of the students at UH Manoa are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of California - Riverside as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Riverside, UCR is a public school 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.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. 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 midsize city of Chico, Chico State is a public college with a fairly 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).