2021 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes Region ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer a bachelor's in area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Great Lakes Region that are best for non-traditional area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies students. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor. As a testament to the quality of education offered at U-M, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at U-M is lower than is typical, just 0.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 15,737 students at U-M that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,568 part time students in attendance at U-M.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies schools for non-traditional students. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign. UIUC also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. Approximately 35,475 students take at least one class online at UIUC. 10,007 of UIUC students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Illinois at Chicago as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population. UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. Approximately 19,768 students take at least one class online at UIC. 5,712 of UIC students are attending part time.
University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best area, ethnic, culture, & gender studies schools for non-traditional students. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UW - Madison has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.2%. Approximately 11,375 students take at least one class online at UW - Madison. About 4,683 of the students at UW - Madison are attending part time.
Miami University - Oxford comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Miami University - Oxford is a large public school located in the town of Oxford. Miami University - Oxford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 0.8% of Miami University - Oxford students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 5,388 students at Miami University - Oxford that take at least one class online. 1,700 of Miami University - Oxford 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).