2021 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Massachusetts
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Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for Non-Traditional Students
With 757 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, liberal arts / sciences & humanities is the #18 most popular major in Massachusetts. This means that 1.9% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
This year's Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Massachusetts ranking looked at 9 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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The liberal arts / sciences & humanities school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
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2021 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Massachusetts
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
Bay Path University has taken the #1 spot in this year's liberal arts / sciences & humanities ranking for non-traditional students. Bay Path is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Longmeadow. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bay Path, the school also landed the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Massachusetts ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. 1,626 students at Bay Path are exclusively online. 1,300 students are part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Westfield State University. Located in the suburb of Westfield, Westfield is a public school with a small student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Westfield has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Massachusetts ranking.
About 1.3% of Westfield students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,052 students at Westfield that take at least one class online. About 1,138 of the students at Westfield are attending part time.
Lesley University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Lesley is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Lesley has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Massachusetts ranking.
About 1.5% of Lesley students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 779 students at Lesley are exclusively online. About 2,071 of the students at Lesley are attending part time.
Endicott College comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Endicott is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Beverly. Endicott also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Massachusetts 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. About 887 of the students at Endicott are attending part time.
The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Framingham State University. Framingham State is a small public school located in the small city of Framingham. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Framingham State, the school also landed the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Massachusetts ranking.
The student loan default rate at Framingham State is lower than is typical, just 2.3% of students default in three years. 1,621 of Framingham State students are exclusively distance learners. 1,657 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Massachusetts Amherst as the #6 school in this year's rankings. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Amherst. UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Massachusetts list.
The student loan default rate at UMass Amherst is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. 4,105 students at UMass Amherst are exclusively online. 6,786 students are part time.
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. UMass Dartmouth is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of North Dartmouth. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Dartmouth, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Massachusetts ranking.
About 1.7% of UMass Dartmouth students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 1,514 students at UMass Dartmouth are exclusively online. 2,061 of UMass Dartmouth students are attending part time.
University of Massachusetts - Lowell earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. UMass Lowell is a large public school located in the suburb of Lowell. UMass Lowell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Massachusetts list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. 5,042 students at UMass Lowell are exclusively online. 5,980 students are part time.
Curry College comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. Curry is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Milton.
The student loan default rate at Curry is lower than is typical, just 2.4% of students default in three years. 237 students at Curry are exclusively online. 387 students are 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).
With 757 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, liberal arts / sciences & humanities is the #18 most popular major in Massachusetts. This means that 1.9% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
