2021 Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
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Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in human development. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent human development & family studies programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the human development & family studies program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Human Development Schools for Non-Traditional Students list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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2021 Best Human Development & Family Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Human Development & Family Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Colorado State University - Fort Collins tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that are best for non-traditional human development & family studies students. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a very large student population. Colorado State also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
About 0.8% of Colorado State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 12,180 students at Colorado State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 9,631 part time students in attendance at Colorado State.
Our rankings recognize University of Utah as the #2 school in this year's rankings. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City. As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of U, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
About 0.8% of U of U students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 19,378 students take at least one class online at U of U. 7,185 of U of U students are attending part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Brigham Young University - Provo. Located in the midsize city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population. BYU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
About 0.4% of BYU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 12,325 students at BYU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,504 part time students in attendance at BYU.
Our rankings recognize Utah State University as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public school with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at USU, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 13,751 students at USU that take at least one class online. About 9,734 of the students at USU are attending part time.
Brigham Young University - Idaho comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the town of Rexburg, BYU - I is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. BYU - I did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
About 1.0% of BYU - I students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 23,058 students at BYU - I are exclusively online. There are roughly 26,387 part time students in attendance at BYU - I.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Idaho. U of I is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Moscow. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, U of I has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at U of I is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 3,845 students take at least one class online at U of I. About 3,189 of the students at U of I are attending part time.
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Weber State University. WSU is a very large public school located in the small city of Ogden. WSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The student loan default rate at WSU is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. Approximately 8,573 students take at least one class online at WSU. 17,729 students are 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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