2021 Best Chemistry Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
6Colleges
792Bachelor's Degrees
$38,336Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Chemistry Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Chemistry Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in chemistry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent chemistry programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the chemistry program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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2021 Best Chemistry Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
Check out the chemistry programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Chemistry Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Northeastern University has taken the #1 spot in this year's chemistry ranking for non-traditional students. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Northeastern has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemistry in the New England Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 7,987 students take at least one class online at Northeastern. There are roughly 1,267 part time students in attendance at Northeastern.
Our rankings recognize University of Massachusetts Amherst as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a fairly large student population. UMass Amherst not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Chemistry in the New England Region list.
About 0.9% of UMass Amherst students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 4,105 of UMass Amherst students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 6,786 part time students in attendance at UMass Amherst.
University of Connecticut earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a very large student population. UCONN also made our Best Colleges for Chemistry in the New England Region list, coming in at #4.
About 0.9% of UCONN students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 11,648 students take at least one class online at UCONN. 3,257 of UCONN students are attending part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. UNH is a large public school located in the small suburb of Durham. UNH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Chemistry in the New England Region list.
About 1.0% of UNH students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 3,625 students at UNH that take at least one class online. About 1,355 of the students at UNH are attending part time.
Bridgewater State University earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large suburb of Bridgewater, Bridgewater State is a public college with a medium-sized student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bridgewater State, the school also landed the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemistry in the New England Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Bridgewater State is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 3,579 students take at least one class online at Bridgewater State. 2,921 students are part time.
University of New Haven comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of New Haven, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Chemistry in the New England Region ranking.
About 1.6% of University of New Haven students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 4,526 students at University of New Haven that take at least one class online. 1,053 of University of New Haven students are attending part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 6 schools only.
References
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).
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