2021 Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains 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 Rocky Mountains Region ranking looked at 15 colleges that offer a bachelor's in history. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality history programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the history program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best History Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
Check out the history programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 10 Best History Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Colorado Boulder tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that are best for non-traditional history students. CU - Boulder is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Boulder. CU - Boulder also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for History in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
About 1.1% of CU - Boulder students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 24,299 students at CU - Boulder that take at least one class online. 7,631 of CU - Boulder students are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Colorado at Colorado Springs as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public school with a large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UCCS has also earned the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for History in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UCCS is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 4,485 students take at least one class online at UCCS. About 4,071 of the students at UCCS are attending part time.
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The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Northern Colorado. Located in the midsize city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. University of Northern Colorado also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for History in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at University of Northern Colorado is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,583 students at University of Northern Colorado that take at least one class online. About 3,468 of the students at University of Northern Colorado are attending part time.
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Colorado State University - Fort Collins comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a very large student population. Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for History in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The student loan default rate at Colorado State is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 12,180 students at Colorado State that take at least one class online. About 9,631 of the students at Colorado State are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize Brigham Young University - Provo as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at BYU, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for History in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.4%. There are approximately 12,325 students at BYU that take at least one class online. 4,504 students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Wyoming as the #6 school in this year's rankings. UW is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Laramie. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UW has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for History in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
About 0.9% of UW students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 5,894 students at UW that take at least one class online. 2,493 students are part time.
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Utah State University comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public college with a very large student population. USU also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for History in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
About 0.8% of USU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 13,751 students take at least one class online at USU. About 9,734 of the students at USU are attending part time.
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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Denver. CU Anschutz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for History in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 8,659 students at CU Anschutz that take at least one class online. 11,636 of CU Anschutz students are attending part time.
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The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Metropolitan State University of Denver. MSU Denver is a large public school located in the large city of Denver.
About 2.8% of MSU Denver students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 8,148 students take at least one class online at MSU Denver. There are roughly 7,163 part time students in attendance at MSU Denver.
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Boise State University comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. Located in the midsize city of Boise, Boise State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
About 1.0% of Boise State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 10,868 students take at least one class online at Boise State. 11,239 students are part time.
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