2021 Best History Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree 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 Plains States 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 Minnesota - Twin Cities has taken the #1 spot in this year's history ranking for non-traditional students. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the city of Minneapolis. UMN Twin Cities also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for History in the Plains States Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at UMN Twin Cities is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 21,237 students take at least one class online at UMN Twin Cities. There are roughly 13,655 part time students in attendance at UMN Twin Cities.
Read full report on History at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Iowa. Iowa is a very large public school located in the city of Iowa City. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for History in the Plains States Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Iowa is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 12,975 students at Iowa that take at least one class online. About 5,055 of the students at Iowa are attending part time.
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University of Nebraska at Kearney comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. UNK is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Kearney. UNK not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for History in the Plains States Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. 2,457 of UNK students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 2,176 part time students in attendance at UNK.
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University of Nebraska - Lincoln earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lincoln. UNL not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for History in the Plains States Region list.
The student loan default rate at UNL is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 13,905 students at UNL that take at least one class online. 3,376 of UNL students are attending part time.
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Iowa State University earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Iowa State has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for History in the Plains States Region ranking.
About 0.7% of Iowa State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 14,911 students at Iowa State that take at least one class online. 3,155 of Iowa State students are attending part time.
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The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Northern Iowa. UNI is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Cedar Falls. UNI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for History in the Plains States Region list.
About 1.1% of UNI students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 4,212 students at UNI that take at least one class online. 1,478 of UNI students are attending part time.
Read full report on History at University of Northern Iowa
Our rankings recognize Columbia College as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Columbia College Missouri is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.8%. 4,157 of Columbia College Missouri students are exclusively distance learners. 4,001 students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize North Dakota State University - Main Campus as the #8 school in this year's rankings. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fargo.
About 1.1% of North Dakota State University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 5,213 students at North Dakota State University that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,437 part time students in attendance at North Dakota State University.
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University of Missouri - St Louis landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best history schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, UMSL is a public college with a large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. Approximately 4,183 students take at least one class online at UMSL. 9,899 students are part time.
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University of Nebraska at Omaha earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Omaha, UNOMAHA is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.3%. There are approximately 8,191 students at UNOMAHA that take at least one class online. 4,328 students are part time.
Full History at University of Nebraska at Omaha Report
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