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2021 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region

30 Colleges
5,481 Bachelor's Degrees
$25,825 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region

For this year's Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking, we looked at 30 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 the Southwest Region

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.

Top 10 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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Wayland Baptist University has taken the #1 spot in this year's liberal arts / sciences & humanities ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the remote town of Plainview, Wayland Baptist University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The student loan default rate at Wayland Baptist University is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. 1,319 students at Wayland Baptist University are exclusively online. 1,787 of Wayland Baptist University students are attending part time.

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St. John's crest
St. John's College
Santa Fe, NM

St. John's College landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best liberal arts / sciences & humanities schools for non-traditional students. St. John's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Santa Fe. St. John's did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in the Southwest Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.0%. There are roughly 37 part time students in attendance at St. John’s.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Norman. University of Oklahoma also made our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #3.

The student loan default rate at University of Oklahoma is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 12,433 students take at least one class online at University of Oklahoma. 6,082 students are part time.

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Texas Woman's University landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best liberal arts / sciences & humanities schools for non-traditional students. TWU is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. 6,914 of TWU students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 7,329 part time students in attendance at TWU.

Full Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Texas Woman’s University Report

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Southern Methodist University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. SMU also made our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.

The student loan default rate at SMU is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. 912 of SMU students are exclusively distance learners. 3,019 of SMU students are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize The University of Texas at Austin as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a very large student population. UT Austin not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in the Southwest Region list.

The student loan default rate at UT Austin is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 23,198 students at UT Austin that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,479 part time students in attendance at UT Austin.

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Northern Arizona University comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. NAU is a very large public school located in the city of Flagstaff.

About 1.7% of NAU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 9,603 students take at least one class online at NAU. 6,368 of NAU students are attending part time.

Full Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Northern Arizona University Report

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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Southwestern Assemblies of God University. Located in the suburb of Waxahachie, Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 4.5%. 899 students at Southwestern Assemblies of God University are exclusively online. 514 of Southwestern Assemblies of God University students are attending part time.

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The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of North Texas. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.8%. There are approximately 20,194 students at UNT that take at least one class online. 12,105 students are part time.

Full Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at University of North Texas Report

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Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the remote town of Portales, ENMU - Main Campus is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 3.0% of ENMU - Main Campus students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 2,997 students at ENMU - Main Campus are exclusively online. About 2,621 of the students at ENMU - Main Campus are attending part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students liberal arts / sciences & humanities colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 3,412
Arizona 984
Oklahoma 1,195
New Mexico 579

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*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.

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