2021 Best Health Professions Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
118Colleges
44,834Bachelor's Degrees
$29,028Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Health Professions Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Health Professions Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking analyzed 118 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in health professions. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great health professions programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the health professions program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Health Professions Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
Check out the health professions programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 15% Best Health Professions Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Viterbo University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Great Lakes Region that are best for non-traditional health professions students. Viterbo is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of La Crosse. Viterbo not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for Health Professions in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 0.4% of Viterbo students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 717 students take at least one class online at Viterbo. About 646 of the students at Viterbo are attending part time.
Ursuline College comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the large suburb of Pepper Pike, Ursuline College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population. Ursuline College excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Health Professions in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 2.9% of Ursuline College students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 348 students take at least one class online at Ursuline College. There are roughly 431 part time students in attendance at Ursuline College.
University of St Francis earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. On top of its placing in our non-traditional rankings, University of Saint Francis also did well on our Best Colleges for Health Professions in the Great Lakes Region list. It's in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in that analysis.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. 1,704 students at University of Saint Francis are exclusively online. 1,980 students are part time.
University of Illinois at Chicago comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population. UIC also claimed a spot on our Best Colleges for Health Professions in the Great Lakes Region list. It's in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
The student loan default rate at UIC is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 19,768 students at UIC that take at least one class online. 5,712 students are part time.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population. On top of its placing in our non-traditional rankings, UC also did well on our Best Colleges for Health Professions in the Great Lakes Region list. It's in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in that analysis.
About 1.7% of UC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 17,465 students at UC that take at least one class online. About 10,255 of the students at UC are attending part time.
The University of Findlay comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the town of Findlay, Findlay is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Findlay has also earned the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Health Professions in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 1.2% of Findlay students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 1,345 students take at least one class online at Findlay. There are roughly 2,034 part time students in attendance at Findlay.
Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best health professions schools for non-traditional students. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ohio State, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Health Professions in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
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. About 8,459 of the students at Ohio State are attending part time.
Eastern Michigan University earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public college with a fairly large student population.
About 2.3% of Eastern Michigan students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 8,247 students take at least one class online at Eastern Michigan. There are roughly 5,430 part time students in attendance at Eastern Michigan.
University of Wisconsin - Madison earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Health Professions in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 0.2% of UW - Madison students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 11,375 students take at least one class online at UW - Madison. 4,683 of UW - Madison students are attending part time.
The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Purdue University - Main Campus. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Purdue has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Health Professions in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
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 Northern Illinois University as the #11 school in this year's rankings. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our bet for non-traditional students list, NIU is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Health Professions in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at NIU is lower than is typical, just 2.1% of students default in three years. There are approximately 8,712 students at NIU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,345 part time students in attendance at NIU.
Ohio University - Athens Campus comes in at #12 in this year's ranking. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Athens. On top of its placing in our non-traditional rankings, OHIO Athens also did well on our Best Colleges for Health Professions in the Great Lakes Region list. It's in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in that analysis.
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. 7,245 students are part time.
Miami University - Oxford landed the #13 spot in our 2021 best health professions schools for non-traditional students. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public school located in the town of Oxford. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Miami University - Oxford also is in the top 10% of our Best Colleges for Health Professions in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Miami University - Oxford is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 5,388 students take at least one class online at Miami University - Oxford. 1,700 of Miami University - Oxford students are attending part time.
University of Detroit Mercy comes in at #14 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Detroit, Detroit Mercy is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Detroit Mercy has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Health Professions in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 3,161 students at Detroit Mercy that take at least one class online. 1,321 of Detroit Mercy students are attending part time.
Marian University earned the #15 spot in our 2021 rankings. Marian is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Indianapolis. In addition to being on our bet for non-traditional students list, Marian is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Health Professions in the Great Lakes Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. Approximately 1,149 students take at least one class online at Marian. 885 of Marian students are attending part time.
Marian University comes in at #16 in this year's ranking. Marian is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Fond Du Lac.
The student loan default rate at Marian is lower than is typical, just 2.0% of students default in three years. 401 students at Marian are exclusively online. About 419 of the students at Marian are attending part time.
The #17 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Siena Heights University. Located in the town of Adrian, Siena Heights University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. 734 students at Siena Heights University are exclusively online. 793 students are part time.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Health Professions Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region award.
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).
