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.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to 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 medium-sized city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college 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. Approximately 12,180 students take at least one class online at Colorado State. 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 very large public school located in the 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.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 19,378 students take at least one class online at U of U. There are roughly 7,185 part time students in attendance at U of U.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Brigham Young University - Provo. Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly 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.
The student loan default rate at BYU is lower than is typical, just 0.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 12,325 students at BYU that take at least one class online. 4,504 of BYU students are attending part time.
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 fairly 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 student loan default rate at USU is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 13,751 students take at least one class online at USU. 9,734 students are part time.
Brigham Young University - Idaho comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the distant town of Rexburg, BYU - I is a private not-for-profit college 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.
The student loan default rate at BYU - I is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. 23,058 students at BYU - I are exclusively online. About 26,387 of the students at BYU - I are attending part time.
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 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. There are approximately 3,845 students at U of I that take at least one class online. 3,189 students are 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. There are approximately 8,573 students at WSU that take at least one class online. About 17,729 of the students at WSU 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).
