2021 Best Communication Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
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666Bachelor's Degrees
$25,829Avg 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 Rocky Mountains Region ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a bachelor's in communication sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality communication sciences programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the communication sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Communication Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Communication Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Communication Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Utah State University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that are best for non-traditional communication sciences students. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public school with a fairly large student population. USU also made our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #2.
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. About 9,734 of the students at USU are attending part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Northern Colorado. Located in the midsize city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, University of Northern Colorado has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 3,583 students take at least one class online at University of Northern Colorado. 3,468 students are part time.
University of Colorado Boulder comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public school located in the city of Boulder. CU - Boulder not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The student loan default rate at CU - Boulder is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. There are approximately 24,299 students at CU - Boulder that take at least one class online. There are roughly 7,631 part time students in attendance at CU - Boulder.
Brigham Young University - Provo earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the midsize city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population. BYU also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Communication Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
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. 4,504 students are part time.
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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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