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2021 Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New Jersey

12 Colleges
601 Bachelor's Degrees
$32,592 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best History Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New JerseyWith 601 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, history is the #20 most popular major in New Jersey. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 2.5% of all the history bachelor's degrees in the country.

For this year's Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New Jersey ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a bachelor's in history. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent history programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the history program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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2021 Best History Schools for Non-Traditional Students in New Jersey

The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying history.

Top 10 Best History Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick tops the 2021 list of our schools in New Jersey that are best for non-traditional history students. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public school located in the small city of New Brunswick. Rutgers New Brunswick did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for History in New Jersey list.

The student loan default rate at Rutgers New Brunswick is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. There are approximately 30,054 students at Rutgers New Brunswick that take at least one class online. 7,559 students are part time.

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Monmouth University
West Long Branch, NJ

Monmouth University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Monmouth is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of West Long Branch. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Monmouth has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for History in New Jersey ranking.

About 1.7% of Monmouth students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 1,584 students at Monmouth that take at least one class online. 808 of Monmouth students are attending part time.

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Montclair State University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public college with a very large student population. Montclair State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for History in New Jersey list.

The student loan default rate at Montclair State is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 9,294 students take at least one class online at Montclair State. There are roughly 4,724 part time students in attendance at Montclair State.

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Our rankings recognize The College of New Jersey as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the suburb of Ewing, TCNJ is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. TCNJ did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for History in New Jersey list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 1,040 students at TCNJ that take at least one class online. 570 students are part time.

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Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ

Rowan University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Rowan is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Glassboro. Rowan also made our Best Colleges for History in New Jersey list, coming in at #8.

About 1.9% of Rowan students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 7,269 students take at least one class online at Rowan. About 3,878 of the students at Rowan are attending part time.

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Kean University
Union, NJ

Kean University landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best history schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large suburb of Union, Kean is a public college with a large student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.1%. There are approximately 1,503 students at Kean that take at least one class online. 3,314 students are part time.

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Ramapo College of New Jersey landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best history schools for non-traditional students. Ramapo College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Mahwah. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Ramapo College has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for History in New Jersey ranking.

About 0.7% of Ramapo College students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 3,224 students take at least one class online at Ramapo College. About 1,054 of the students at Ramapo College are attending part time.

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William Paterson University of New Jersey earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. William Paterson University is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Wayne.

About 2.6% of William Paterson University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 3,122 students at William Paterson University that take at least one class online. About 3,144 of the students at William Paterson University are attending part time.

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New Jersey City University earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Jersey City, NJCU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The student loan default rate at NJCU is lower than is typical, just 4.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 3,077 students take at least one class online at NJCU. There are roughly 2,199 part time students in attendance at NJCU.

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Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ

The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Seton Hall University. Seton Hall is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of South Orange. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Seton Hall has also earned the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for History in New Jersey ranking.

The student loan default rate at Seton Hall is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. Approximately 1,136 students take at least one class online at Seton Hall. 2,229 students are part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students History Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best History Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 2,183
Pennsylvania 1,084
Maryland 562
Delaware 58
District of Columbia 185

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*Avg Cost is for the top 12 schools only.

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