2021 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking looked at 36 colleges that offer a bachelor's in liberal arts / sciences & humanities. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts / sciences & humanities 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 liberal arts / sciences & humanities 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 Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 10 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Excelsior University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that are best for non-traditional liberal arts / sciences & humanities students. Located in the city of Albany, Excelsior University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. All 17,166 students take classes exclusively online at Excelsior University. All of Excelsior University students are attending part time.
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Thomas Edison State University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Trenton, TESU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
The student loan default rate at TESU is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. 9,645 of TESU students are exclusively distance learners. 9,641 students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large suburb of Teaneck, FDU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
The student loan default rate at FDU is lower than is typical, just 2.4% of students default in three years. 325 students at FDU are exclusively online. There are roughly 4,986 part time students in attendance at FDU.
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Notre Dame of Maryland University landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best liberal arts / sciences & humanities schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Baltimore, NDMU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
About 1.3% of NDMU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 1,138 of NDMU students are exclusively distance learners. 1,206 students are part time.
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The King's College landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best liberal arts / sciences & humanities schools for non-traditional students. TKC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York. TKC also made our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #3.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. There are approximately 75 students at TKC that take at least one class online. About 33 of the students at TKC are attending part time.
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New York University landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best liberal arts / sciences & humanities schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population. NYU also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.
About 0.8% of NYU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 21,614 students at NYU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 8,829 part time students in attendance at NYU.
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The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Saint Joseph's University. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, St. Joe's is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. St. Joe's did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
The student loan default rate at St. Joe’s is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. 2,032 of St. Joe’s students are exclusively distance learners. 2,163 students are part time.
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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Neumann University. Neumann is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Aston.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.2%. There are approximately 1,331 students at Neumann that take at least one class online. There are roughly 694 part time students in attendance at Neumann.
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The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Villanova University. Located in the suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population. Villanova also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.3%. 1,551 students at Villanova are exclusively online. About 2,678 of the students at Villanova are attending part time.
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Rowan University earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Rowan is a large public school located in the large suburb of Glassboro.
The student loan default rate at Rowan is lower than is typical, just 1.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 7,269 students at Rowan that take at least one class online. About 3,878 of the students at Rowan are attending part time.
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