2021 Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
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Finding the Best History Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking looked at 35 colleges that offer a bachelor's in history. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great history programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the history program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best History Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 10 Best History Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Wisconsin - Madison has taken the #1 spot in this year's history ranking for non-traditional students. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison. UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for History in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 0.2% of UW - Madison students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 11,375 students at UW - Madison that take at least one class online. About 4,683 of the students at UW - Madison are attending part time.
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The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Marquette University. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Marquette has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for History in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Marquette is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 2,535 students take at least one class online at Marquette. 1,342 of Marquette students are attending part time.
Read full report on History at Marquette University
Our rankings recognize Indiana University - Bloomington as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a fairly large student population. IU Bloomington also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for History in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
About 1.4% of IU Bloomington students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 18,013 students at IU Bloomington that take at least one class online. About 5,256 of the students at IU Bloomington are attending part time.
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University of Wisconsin - Whitewater landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best history schools for non-traditional students. Located in the distant town of Whitewater, UW - Whitewater is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. There are approximately 5,785 students at UW - Whitewater that take at least one class online. About 2,457 of the students at UW - Whitewater are attending part time.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best history schools for non-traditional students. U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, U-M has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for History in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 0.2% of U-M students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 15,737 students take at least one class online at U-M. There are roughly 3,568 part time students in attendance at U-M.
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Loyola University Chicago comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
About 0.6% of Loyola Chicago students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 5,319 students take at least one class online at Loyola Chicago. There are roughly 2,121 part time students in attendance at Loyola Chicago.
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Ohio State University - Main Campus earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbus. Ohio State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #9 on our Best Colleges for History in the Great Lakes Region list.
The student loan default rate at Ohio State is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 42,293 students at Ohio State that take at least one class online. 8,459 of Ohio State students are attending part time.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. Approximately 35,475 students take at least one class online at UIUC. 10,007 of UIUC students are attending part time.
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The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Illinois State University. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population.
About 1.7% of Illinois State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 7,464 students at Illinois State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,500 part time students in attendance at Illinois State.
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The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Michigan State University. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.
About 0.8% of Michigan State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 33,526 students take at least one class online at Michigan State. There are roughly 6,517 part time students in attendance at Michigan State.
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