2021 Best Health Professions Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
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Finding the Best Health Professions Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Health Professions Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking, we looked at 60 colleges that offer a bachelor's in health professions. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality health professions programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the health professions program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 Health Professions Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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2021 Best Health Professions Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying health professions.
Top 10 Best Health Professions Schools for Non-Traditional Students
The University of Texas at Arlington has taken the #1 spot in this year's health professions ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UT Arlington has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Health Professions in the Southwest Region ranking.
About 1.4% of UT Arlington students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 17,309 of UT Arlington students are exclusively distance learners. 22,217 of UT Arlington students are attending part time.
Grand Canyon University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Grand Canyon University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. 79,865 students at Grand Canyon University are exclusively online. 80,777 of Grand Canyon University students are attending part time.
New Mexico Highlands University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the town of Las Vegas, New Mexico Highlands University is a public college with a small student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.5%. 1,449 students at New Mexico Highlands University are exclusively online. 1,042 of New Mexico Highlands University students are attending part time.
University of North Texas earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton. UNT also claimed a spot on our Best Colleges for Health Professions in the Southwest Region list. It's in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
About 1.8% of UNT students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 20,194 students take at least one class online at UNT. About 12,105 of the students at UNT are attending part time.
Texas Woman's University landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best health professions schools for non-traditional students. TWU is a large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.
The student loan default rate at TWU is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. 6,914 of TWU students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 7,329 part time students in attendance at TWU.
University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best health professions schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Phoenix, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The student loan default rate at UOPX - Arizona is lower than is typical, just 2.6% of students default in three years. 85,576 students at UOPX - Arizona are exclusively online.
Southwestern Oklahoma State University landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best health professions schools for non-traditional students. SWOSU is a small public school located in the town of Weatherford.
The student loan default rate at SWOSU is lower than is typical, just 2.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 1,912 students take at least one class online at SWOSU. 1,114 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Arizona as the #8 school in this year's rankings. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tucson. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, University of Arizona has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Health Professions in the Southwest Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.6%. Approximately 18,254 students take at least one class online at University of Arizona. 12,642 of University of Arizona students are attending part time.
University of New Mexico - Main Campus comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public school with a very large student population. UNM also claimed a spot on our Best Colleges for Health Professions in the Southwest Region list. It's in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
About 2.6% of UNM students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 8,254 students at UNM that take at least one class online. 7,459 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize MSU Texas as the #10 school in this year's rankings. Located in the midsize city of Wichita Falls, MSU Texas is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. Approximately 2,099 students take at least one class online at MSU Texas. 1,878 students are part time.
Here are some additional great schools for Southwest Region non-traditional students studying Health Professions that almost earned our Best Health Professions Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest 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).
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