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2021 Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region

15 Colleges
940 Bachelor's Degrees
$27,943 Avg Cost*

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Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

1

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 midsize city of Boulder. CU - Boulder also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for History in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. There are approximately 24,299 students at CU - Boulder that take at least one class online. 7,631 students are part time.

Full History at University of Colorado Boulder Report

2

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 college with a fairly 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 school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. There are approximately 4,485 students at UCCS that take at least one class online. About 4,071 of the students at UCCS are attending part time.

Read full report on History at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

3

The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Northern Colorado. Located in the medium-sized city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public school with a medium-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 school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 3,583 students take at least one class online at University of Northern Colorado. 3,468 of University of Northern Colorado students are attending part time.

Read full report on History at University of Northern Colorado

4

Colorado State University - Fort Collins comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college 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. There are roughly 9,631 part time students in attendance at Colorado State.

Read full report on History at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

5

Our rankings recognize Brigham Young University - Provo as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the medium-sized 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 student loan default rate at BYU is lower than is typical, just 0.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 12,325 students at BYU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,504 part time students in attendance at BYU.

Full History at Brigham Young University - Provo Report

6

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 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.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 5,894 students at UW that take at least one class online. 2,493 of UW students are attending part time.

Read full report on History at University of Wyoming

7

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.

The student loan default rate at USU is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 13,751 students at USU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 9,734 part time students in attendance at USU.

Full History at Utah State University Report

8

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. CU Anschutz is a very large public school located in the 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%. Approximately 8,659 students take at least one class online at CU Anschutz. 11,636 of CU Anschutz students are attending part time.

Read full report on History at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

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The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Metropolitan State University of Denver. MSU Denver is a fairly 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. There are approximately 8,148 students at MSU Denver that take at least one class online. 7,163 of MSU Denver students are attending part time.

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Boise State University comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Boise, Boise State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The student loan default rate at Boise State is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. Approximately 10,868 students take at least one class online at Boise State. There are roughly 11,239 part time students in attendance at Boise State.

Read full report on History at Boise State University

Best for Non-Traditional Students History Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students history colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Idaho 115
Utah 287
Colorado 496
Montana 79
Wyoming 32

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