2021 Best Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
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Finding the Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking analyzed 21 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree 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 Great Lakes Region
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Top 10 Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Wisconsin - Madison tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Great Lakes Region that are best for non-traditional economics students. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison. UW - Madison also made our Best Colleges for Economics in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #5.
The student loan default rate at UW - Madison is lower than is typical, just 0.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 11,375 students take at least one class online at UW - Madison. 4,683 students are part time.
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor. U-M also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for Economics in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
About 0.2% of U-M students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 15,737 students at U-M that take at least one class online. 3,568 students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as the #3 school in this year's rankings. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign. UIUC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Economics in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 0.6% of UIUC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 35,475 students at UIUC that take at least one class online. About 10,007 of the students at UIUC are attending part time.
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Michigan State University comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a very large student population. Michigan State also made our Best Colleges for Economics in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #8.
About 0.8% of Michigan State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 33,526 students at Michigan State that take at least one class online. About 6,517 of the students at Michigan State are attending part time.
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Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best economics schools for non-traditional students. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, IU Bloomington has also earned the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Economics in the Great Lakes Region ranking.
About 1.4% of IU Bloomington students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 18,013 students take at least one class online at IU Bloomington. About 5,256 of the students at IU Bloomington are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Illinois at Chicago as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The student loan default rate at UIC is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 19,768 students at UIC that take at least one class online. 5,712 of UIC students are attending part time.
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The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Ohio State University - Main Campus. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus.
About 1.2% of Ohio State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 42,293 students take at least one class online at Ohio State. About 8,459 of the students at Ohio State are attending part time.
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Miami University - Oxford earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public school located in the fringe town of Oxford.
The student loan default rate at Miami University - Oxford is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 5,388 students take at least one class online at Miami University - Oxford. 1,700 students are part time.
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Purdue University - Main Campus earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 19,239 students at Purdue that take at least one class online. 7,612 students are part time.
Full Economics at Purdue University - Main Campus Report
Marquette University comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 2,535 students take at least one class online at Marquette. There are roughly 1,342 part time students in attendance at Marquette.
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