2021 Best Allied Health Professions Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
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754Bachelor's Degrees
$23,924Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Allied Health Professions Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Allied Health Professions Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in allied health. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great allied health professions programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the allied health professions program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The allied health school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Allied Health Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
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Featured Allied Health Professions Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Take your associate degree in an allied health field to the next level with this specialized transfer friendly online bachelor of science from Southern New Hampshire University.
MSU Texas tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southwest Region that are best for non-traditional allied health professions students. MSU Texas is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Wichita Falls. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, MSU Texas has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Allied Health Professions in the Southwest Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. There are approximately 2,099 students at MSU Texas that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,878 part time students in attendance at MSU Texas.
Texas State University landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best allied health professions schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a very large student population. Texas State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Allied Health Professions in the Southwest Region list.
The student loan default rate at Texas State is lower than is typical, just 2.0% of students default in three years. Approximately 21,921 students take at least one class online at Texas State. 8,642 of Texas State students are attending part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of New Mexico - Main Campus. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UNM has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Allied Health Professions in the Southwest Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.6%. There are approximately 8,254 students at UNM that take at least one class online. 7,459 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Grand Canyon University as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population. Grand Canyon University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Allied Health Professions in the Southwest Region list.
The student loan default rate at Grand Canyon University is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. 79,865 of Grand Canyon University students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 80,777 part time students in attendance at Grand Canyon University.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Allied Health
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 4 schools only.
References
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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