2021 Best Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England 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 New England Region ranking analyzed 15 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in economics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great economics programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the economics program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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2021 Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 10 Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Boston College tops the 2021 list of our schools in the New England Region that are best for non-traditional economics students. Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chestnut Hill. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Boston College has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Economics in the New England Region ranking.
About 0.5% of Boston College students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 6,590 students at Boston College that take at least one class online. 1,916 of Boston College students are attending part time.
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University of Massachusetts Amherst comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a very large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. 4,105 students at UMass Amherst are exclusively online. There are roughly 6,786 part time students in attendance at UMass Amherst.
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Northeastern University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
The student loan default rate at Northeastern is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 7,987 students take at least one class online at Northeastern. 1,267 of Northeastern students are attending part time.
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Boston University earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. 4,032 students at Boston U are exclusively online. There are roughly 7,057 part time students in attendance at Boston U.
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University of Connecticut earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a very large student population.
The student loan default rate at UCONN is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 11,648 students at UCONN that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,257 part time students in attendance at UCONN.
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Southern New Hampshire University earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. SNHU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester.
The student loan default rate at SNHU is lower than is typical, just 2.0% of students default in three years. 138,672 students at SNHU are exclusively online. 102,147 students are part time.
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The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Massachusetts - Boston. Located in the large city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public college with a large student population.
About 2.0% of UMass Boston students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,088 students take at least one class online at UMass Boston. About 4,332 of the students at UMass Boston are attending part time.
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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best economics schools for non-traditional students. UNH is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Durham.
The student loan default rate at UNH is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,625 students at UNH that take at least one class online. 1,355 students are part time.
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Sacred Heart University comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. Sacred Heart is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fairfield.
The student loan default rate at Sacred Heart is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,774 students at Sacred Heart that take at least one class online. About 2,334 of the students at Sacred Heart are attending part time.
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The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Rhode Island. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a large student population.
The student loan default rate at URI is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 5,504 students take at least one class online at URI. 2,982 students are part time.
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