2021 Best Nursing Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
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Finding the Best Nursing Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Nursing Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking analyzed 29 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in nursing. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality nursing programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the nursing program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Nursing Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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 Nursing Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Nursing Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 10 Best Nursing Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Providence tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that are best for non-traditional nursing students. Located in the small city of Great Falls, University of Providence is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. University of Providence did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Nursing in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
About 3.0% of University of Providence students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 490 of University of Providence students are exclusively distance learners. 148 of University of Providence students are attending part time.
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Western Governors University earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. WGU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City.
About 0.7% of WGU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. All 150,116 students take classes exclusively online at WGU.
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Our rankings recognize Regis University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. Regis U not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Nursing in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The student loan default rate at Regis U is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 2,010 students take at least one class online at Regis U. 1,583 students are part time.
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University of Utah earned the #4 spot in our 2021 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 Nursing 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. There are roughly 7,185 part time students in attendance at U of U.
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Our rankings recognize University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus as the #5 school in this year's rankings. CU Anschutz is a very large public school located in the large city of Denver. CU Anschutz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Nursing in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
About 0.9% of CU Anschutz students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 8,659 students at CU Anschutz that take at least one class online. 11,636 of CU Anschutz students are attending part time.
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University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best nursing schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public school with a large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. Approximately 4,485 students take at least one class online at UCCS. There are roughly 4,071 part time students in attendance at UCCS.
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Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The student loan default rate at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is lower than is typical, just 4.3% of students default in three years. 23,963 of Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs students are exclusively distance learners. About 8,289 of the students at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs are attending part time.
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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Northwest Nazarene University. NNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Nampa.
About 0.4% of NNU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 670 of NNU students are exclusively distance learners. About 433 of the students at NNU are attending part time.
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University of Northern Colorado landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best nursing schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
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. There are roughly 3,468 part time students in attendance at University of Northern Colorado.
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The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Lewis - Clark State College. Lewis - Clark State College is a small public school located in the small city of Lewiston.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. Approximately 1,099 students take at least one class online at Lewis - Clark State College. 1,646 of Lewis - Clark State College students are attending part time.
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