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2021 Best Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region

37 Colleges
7,643 Bachelor's Degrees
$36,513 Avg Cost*

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Best Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region

This year's Best Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region ranking looked at 37 colleges that offer a bachelor's in economics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality economics programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the economics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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2021 Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region

Check out the economics programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.

Top 10 Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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University of California - Berkeley tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Far Western US Region that are best for non-traditional economics students. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley. UC Berkeley also made our Best Colleges for Economics in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #4.

About 0.5% of UC Berkeley students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 26,398 students take at least one class online at UC Berkeley. 4,099 of UC Berkeley students are attending part time.

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The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of California - Los Angeles. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UCLA has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Economics in the Far Western US Region ranking.

About 0.7% of UCLA students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 25,859 students at UCLA that take at least one class online. 2,161 students are part time.

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University of California - Santa Barbara comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. UCSB is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Santa Barbara. UCSB also made our Best Colleges for Economics in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #6.

About 0.5% of UCSB students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 3,596 students take at least one class online at UCSB. There are roughly 880 part time students in attendance at UCSB.

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University of Southern California comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. USC not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Colleges for Economics in the Far Western US Region list.

The student loan default rate at USC is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 15,291 students take at least one class online at USC. 6,687 students are part time.

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Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA

Santa Clara University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. SCU also made our Best Colleges for Economics in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #7.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.3%. 1,240 students are part time.

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a fairly large student population. UW Seattle also claimed a spot on our Best Colleges for Economics in the Far Western US Region list. It's in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

About 0.7% of UW Seattle students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 8,815 students take at least one class online at UW Seattle. There are roughly 9,705 part time students in attendance at UW Seattle.

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University of California - San Diego earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCSD, the school also landed the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Economics in the Far Western US Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at UCSD is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 21,222 students take at least one class online at UCSD. There are roughly 1,605 part time students in attendance at UCSD.

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University of California - Davis comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. UC Davis is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 7,892 students take at least one class online at UC Davis. There are roughly 1,668 part time students in attendance at UC Davis.

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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public school located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo.

The student loan default rate at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 15,682 students take at least one class online at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. 1,455 students are part time.

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University of Oregon earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Eugene, UO is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The student loan default rate at UO is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. Approximately 8,819 students take at least one class online at UO. About 1,683 of the students at UO are attending part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Economics Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students economics colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 6,623
Washington 663
Oregon 532
Nevada 131
Hawaii 81
Alaska 16

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*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.

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