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2021 Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Illinois

10 Colleges
840 Bachelor's Degrees
$27,721 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best History Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in IllinoisHistory is the #20 most popular major in Illinois with 840 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that 3.5% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.

This year's Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Illinois ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree 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 Illinois

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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Loyola University Chicago tops the 2021 list of our schools in Illinois that are best for non-traditional history students. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago. Loyola Chicago also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for History in Illinois rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.6%. Approximately 5,319 students take at least one class online at Loyola Chicago. 2,121 of Loyola Chicago students are attending part time.

Read full report on History at Loyola University Chicago

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best history schools for non-traditional students. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign. UIUC not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for History in Illinois list.

About 0.6% of UIUC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 35,475 students take at least one class online at UIUC. There are roughly 10,007 part time students in attendance at UIUC.

Read full report on History at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Illinois State University comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population. Illinois State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for History in Illinois list.

The student loan default rate at Illinois State is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 7,464 students at Illinois State that take at least one class online. 2,500 of Illinois State students are attending part time.

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University of Illinois at Chicago comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population. UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for History in Illinois list.

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.

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Our rankings recognize Northern Illinois University as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a large student population. NIU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for History in Illinois list.

The student loan default rate at NIU is lower than is typical, just 2.1% of students default in three years. Approximately 8,712 students take at least one class online at NIU. 4,345 students are part time.

Full History at Northern Illinois University Report

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Northeastern Illinois University earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Chicago, Northeastern Illinois University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 3.4% of Northeastern Illinois University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,632 students at Northeastern Illinois University that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,296 part time students in attendance at Northeastern Illinois University.

Read full report on History at Northeastern Illinois University

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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a fairly large student population. SIUE also made our Best Colleges for History in Illinois list, coming in at #9.

About 2.5% of SIUE students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 7,500 students take at least one class online at SIUE. There are roughly 3,603 part time students in attendance at SIUE.

Full History at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Report

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DePaul University
Chicago, IL

Our rankings recognize DePaul University as the #8 school in this year's rankings. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago. DePaul also made our Best Colleges for History in Illinois list, coming in at #8.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. Approximately 8,996 students take at least one class online at DePaul. About 3,547 of the students at DePaul are attending part time.

Read full report on History at DePaul University

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The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Western Illinois University. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.2%. Approximately 4,203 students take at least one class online at WIU. 1,874 of WIU students are attending part time.

Read full report on History at Western Illinois University

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Our rankings recognize Southern Illinois University Carbondale as the #10 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The student loan default rate at SIUC is lower than is typical, just 2.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,640 students at SIUC that take at least one class online. About 2,629 of the students at SIUC are attending part time.

Read full report on History at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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Michigan 544
Ohio 808
Indiana 452
Wisconsin 496

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