2021 Best Communication Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
7Colleges
1,827Bachelor's Degrees
$29,206Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Communication Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Communication Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a bachelor's in communication sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent communication sciences 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 communication sciences program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Communication Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the communication sciences programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Communication Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Indiana University - Bloomington has taken the #1 spot in this year's communication sciences ranking for non-traditional students. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bloomington. IU Bloomington also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. Approximately 18,013 students take at least one class online at IU Bloomington. About 5,256 of the students at IU Bloomington are attending part time.
University of Wisconsin - River Falls comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the distant town of River Falls, UW - River Falls is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. UW - River Falls also made our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #6.
The student loan default rate at UW - River Falls is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,612 students at UW - River Falls that take at least one class online. About 934 of the students at UW - River Falls are attending part time.
Ohio State University - Main Campus earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a fairly large student population. Ohio State also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. There are approximately 42,293 students at Ohio State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 8,459 part time students in attendance at Ohio State.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UIUC has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 0.6% of UIUC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 35,475 students at UIUC that take at least one class online. There are roughly 10,007 part time students in attendance at UIUC.
Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best communication sciences schools for non-traditional students. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a fairly large student population. Purdue also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
About 0.8% of Purdue students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 19,239 students take at least one class online at Purdue. There are roughly 7,612 part time students in attendance at Purdue.
Our rankings recognize Ohio University - Athens Campus as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a fairly large student population. OHIO Athens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 1.2% of OHIO Athens students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 11,926 students at OHIO Athens that take at least one class online. There are roughly 7,245 part time students in attendance at OHIO Athens.
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Northern Illinois University. NIU is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Dekalb. As a testament to the quality of education offered at NIU, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at NIU is lower than is typical, just 2.1% of students default in three years. Approximately 8,712 students take at least one class online at NIU. About 4,345 of the students at NIU are attending part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 7 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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