2021 Best Anthropology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
9Colleges
504Bachelor's Degrees
$30,240Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Anthropology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Anthropology Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in anthropology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent anthropology 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 anthropology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Anthropology Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying anthropology.
Best Anthropology Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Colorado Boulder has taken the #1 spot in this year's anthropology ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a fairly large student population. CU - Boulder not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
About 1.1% of CU - Boulder students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 24,299 students at CU - Boulder that take at least one class online. 7,631 students are part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, CU Anschutz has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at CU Anschutz is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 8,659 students take at least one class online at CU Anschutz. About 11,636 of the students at CU Anschutz are attending part time.
The University of Montana earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. UM is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Missoula. UM also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at UM is lower than is typical, just 3.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,583 students at UM that take at least one class online. About 3,141 of the students at UM are attending part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Colorado State University - Fort Collins. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins. Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 12,180 students take at least one class online at Colorado State. 9,631 of Colorado State students are attending part time.
Fort Lewis College comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. FLC is a small public school located in the town of Durango. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, FLC has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.3%. There are approximately 1,249 students at FLC that take at least one class online. 615 students are part time.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Utah State University. USU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Logan. USU also made our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #5.
The student loan default rate at USU is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 13,751 students at USU that take at least one class online. 9,734 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Boise State University as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Boise State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Boise. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Boise State has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. Approximately 10,868 students take at least one class online at Boise State. About 11,239 of the students at Boise State are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Metropolitan State University of Denver as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public college with a fairly large student population. MSU Denver did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
About 2.8% of MSU Denver students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 8,148 students at MSU Denver that take at least one class online. 7,163 of MSU Denver students are attending part time.
The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. UCCS is a large public school located in the city of Colorado Springs. UCCS also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Anthropology in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
About 1.4% of UCCS students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 4,485 students at UCCS that take at least one class online. 4,071 of UCCS students are attending part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 9 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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