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2021 Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students

67 Colleges
19,050 Bachelor's Degrees
$29,474 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges for Non-Traditional StudentsIn <nil>, 19,050 people earned their bachelor's in health sciences & services, making the major the #30 most popular in the United States.

This year's Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students ranking looked at 67 colleges that offer a bachelor's in health science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health sciences & services 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 health sciences & services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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2021 Best Health Sciences & Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying health science.

Top 10 Best Health Sciences & Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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Creighton University has taken the #1 spot in this year's health sciences & services ranking for non-traditional students. Creighton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Omaha. Creighton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.4%. 1,694 students at Creighton are exclusively online. 1,359 students are part time.

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Our rankings recognize Misericordia University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, Misericordia University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Misericordia University has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services ranking.

The student loan default rate at Misericordia University is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. Approximately 1,017 students take at least one class online at Misericordia University. There are roughly 575 part time students in attendance at Misericordia University.

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Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Nova Southeastern University comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, NUS Florida has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services ranking.

About 0.6% of NUS Florida students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 5,804 of NUS Florida students are exclusively distance learners. 6,091 of NUS Florida students are attending part time.

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public college with a very large student population. Rutgers New Brunswick did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. Approximately 30,054 students take at least one class online at Rutgers New Brunswick. There are roughly 7,559 part time students in attendance at Rutgers New Brunswick.

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California State University - East Bay landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best health sciences & services schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 1.3% of Cal State East Bay students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 7,069 students at Cal State East Bay are exclusively online. 3,650 students are part time.

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Towson University
Towson, MD

The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Towson University. Located in the small city of Towson, Towson is a public college with a fairly large student population. Towson excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services list.

About 1.7% of Towson students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 6,258 students at Towson that take at least one class online. 4,337 students are part time.

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Walden University
Minneapolis, MN

Walden University landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best health sciences & services schools for non-traditional students. Walden University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

The student loan default rate at Walden University is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. There are approximately 46,455 students at Walden University and they are all exclusively distance learners. About 27,673 of the students at Walden University are attending part time.

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Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, KY

The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Northern Kentucky University. Located in the large suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public college with a large student population.

About 2.2% of NKU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 6,629 students at NKU are exclusively online. About 7,069 of the students at NKU are attending part time.

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University of Central Florida earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a very large student population. UCF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for Health Sciences & Services list.

The student loan default rate at UCF is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. Approximately 28,807 students take at least one class online at UCF. 23,575 students are part time.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students award.

Rank College Location
11 West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA
12 California State University - Sacramento Sacramento, CA
13 University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL

Health Sciences & Services by Region

View the best for non-traditional students Health Sciences & Services colleges in a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

Health Sciences & Services is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.

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