2021 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
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Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking looked at 19 colleges that offer a bachelor's in liberal arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts general studies programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the liberal arts general studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
Check out the liberal arts programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 10 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Charter Oak State College tops the 2021 list of our schools in the New England Region that are best for non-traditional liberal arts general studies students. Charter Oak State College is a small public school located in the large suburb of New Britain.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. There are approximately 1,618 students at Charter Oak State College and they are all exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 1,235 part time students in attendance at Charter Oak State College.
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The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Southern New Hampshire University. SNHU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Manchester.
About 2.0% of SNHU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 138,672 students at SNHU are exclusively online. 102,147 of SNHU students are attending part time.
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The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Bridgeport. Located in the city of Bridgeport, UBridgeport is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The student loan default rate at UBridgeport is lower than is typical, just 2.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 1,056 students at UBridgeport that take at least one class online. 1,281 of UBridgeport students are attending part time.
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The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Bay Path University. Located in the suburb of Longmeadow, Bay Path is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. 1,626 students at Bay Path are exclusively online. 1,300 of Bay Path students are attending part time.
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Westfield State University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Westfield is a small public school located in the suburb of Westfield.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. There are approximately 2,052 students at Westfield that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,138 part time students in attendance at Westfield.
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The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Connecticut. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a fairly large student population. UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in the New England Region list.
The student loan default rate at UCONN is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 11,648 students at UCONN that take at least one class online. 3,257 of UCONN students are attending part time.
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Endicott College earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Beverly, Endicott is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. Endicott also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in the New England Region rankings.
About 0.8% of Endicott students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 885 students at Endicott are exclusively online. 887 of Endicott students are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize Eastern Connecticut State University as the #8 school in this year's rankings. ECSU is a small public school located in the town of Willimantic. ECSU also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in the New England Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.4%. Approximately 282 students take at least one class online at ECSU. About 769 of the students at ECSU are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize Northern Vermont University as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Northern Vermont University is a small public school located in the rural area of Johnson.
About 2.8% of Northern Vermont University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 435 students at Northern Vermont University are exclusively online. 746 of Northern Vermont University students are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize Framingham State University as the #10 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Framingham, Framingham State is a public college with a small student population.
About 2.3% of Framingham State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 1,621 of Framingham State students are exclusively distance learners. 1,657 of Framingham State students are attending part time.
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