2021 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New Jersey
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1,269Bachelor's Degrees
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Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is the #11 most popular major in New Jersey with 1,269 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that of the 39,135 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 3.2% were from a college or university in the state.
For this year's Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New Jersey ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a bachelor's in liberal arts / sciences & humanities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts / sciences & humanities programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences & humanities program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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2021 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for Non-Traditional Students in New Jersey
Check out the liberal arts / sciences & humanities programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Thomas Edison State University tops the 2021 list of our schools in New Jersey that are best for non-traditional liberal arts / sciences & humanities students. TESU is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Trenton.
About 1.5% of TESU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 9,645 of TESU students are exclusively distance learners. 9,641 students are part time.
Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best liberal arts / sciences & humanities schools for non-traditional students. FDU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Teaneck. As a testament to the quality of education offered at FDU, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in New Jersey ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.4%. 325 students at FDU are exclusively online. 4,986 of FDU students are attending part time.
Rowan University comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Glassboro, Rowan is a public college with a fairly large student population. Rowan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in New Jersey list.
The student loan default rate at Rowan is lower than is typical, just 1.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 7,269 students take at least one class online at Rowan. 3,878 students are part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Rider University. Rider is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lawrenceville. Rider did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in New Jersey list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. Approximately 672 students take at least one class online at Rider. 898 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Seton Hall University as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large suburb of South Orange, Seton Hall is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. Seton Hall also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in New Jersey rankings.
The student loan default rate at Seton Hall is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. There are approximately 1,136 students at Seton Hall that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,229 part time students in attendance at Seton Hall.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to William Paterson University of New Jersey. Located in the suburb of Wayne, William Paterson University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. William Paterson University not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #9 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in New Jersey list.
About 2.6% of William Paterson University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 3,122 students take at least one class online at William Paterson University. About 3,144 of the students at William Paterson University are attending part time.
Stockton University earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Galloway, Stockton State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. Stockton State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in New Jersey list.
The student loan default rate at Stockton State is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 4,882 students take at least one class online at Stockton State. 967 students are part time.
Montclair State University comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Montclair State is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Montclair. Montclair State also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in New Jersey rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. There are approximately 9,294 students at Montclair State that take at least one class online. 4,724 of Montclair State students are attending part time.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is the #11 most popular major in New Jersey with 1,269 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that of the 39,135 bachelor's that were awarded in the country, 3.2% were from a college or university in the state.
