2021 Best Music Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
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Finding the Best Music Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Music Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in music. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent music 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 music program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Music Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
Check out the music programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 10 Best Music Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Nevada - Las Vegas tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Far Western US Region that are best for non-traditional music students. UNLV is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Las Vegas. UNLV also made our Best Colleges for Music in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #3.
About 1.5% of UNLV students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 15,438 students take at least one class online at UNLV. 8,226 students are part time.
Full Music at University of Nevada - Las Vegas Report
University of Southern California landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best music schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population. USC not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for Music 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. About 6,687 of the students at USC are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Oregon as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Eugene, UO is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UO has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Music in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. 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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California State University - Northridge comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The student loan default rate at CSUN is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. 28,617 students at CSUN are exclusively online. 9,164 of CSUN students are attending part time.
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The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Azusa Pacific University. Azusa Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Azusa. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Azusa Pacific, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Music in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. There are approximately 1,851 students at Azusa Pacific that take at least one class online. 2,771 of Azusa Pacific students are attending part time.
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California State University - Fullerton earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Cal State Fullerton is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton.
About 0.8% of Cal State Fullerton students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 25,781 students take at least one class online at Cal State Fullerton. About 10,634 of the students at Cal State Fullerton are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize California State University - Long Beach as the #7 school in this year's rankings. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Long Beach. CSULB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for Music in the Far Western US Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 24,806 students at CSULB that take at least one class online. 8,046 students are part time.
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California State University - Chico landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best music schools for non-traditional students. Chico State is a large public school located in the city of Chico.
About 2.2% of Chico State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 10,804 students take at least one class online at Chico State. 2,083 of Chico State students are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize Pacific Lutheran University as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Located in the suburb of Tacoma, PLU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. PLU also made our Best Colleges for Music in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #8.
The student loan default rate at PLU is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 67 students take at least one class online at PLU. About 199 of the students at PLU are attending part time.
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University of California - Los Angeles comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. UCLA is a very large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles. UCLA also took the #6 spot in our Best Colleges for Music in the Far Western US Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at UCLA is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 25,859 students at UCLA that take at least one class online. About 2,161 of the students at UCLA are attending part time.
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