The National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES) estimates that 38 percent of students are
identifying as nontraditional, and that number estimated to increase more than
20 percent by 2019.

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Has financial independence
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Does not enter post-secondary education
within the same year that they finished high school
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No high school diploma
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Single parent
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Works 35 hours or more
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Attends part time
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Has a dependent other than spouse

McClintock
is a mother, part time student, married, financially independent, and works a
40 hour a week job. So with all these
balls in the air how is it that she finds time in her busy schedule for school?
“I tried the traditional class scenario,” says
McClintock, “I could see right off the bat that it just couldn't work. Between
the commute and incredibly structured deadlines, I knew I needed something different."
So many non traditional students are mothers, fathers and/or full time employees struggling to make it all work within the confines of a stringent schedule.
Brooke Hackett, 36, mother of two year old twin boys, and full time radiologist at St. Joesph's Hospital in Nashua, is about to go back for her second round as a non traditional student at PSU."I think anyone can make it work these days if they are motivated enough," says Hackett. "Its no longer the institution that it used to be, finding schools that can fit into strict schedules and budgets are cropping up all over the place."
Hackett went back to school for the first time when she was 27, "I saw that I needed to move forward, and the radiology program at NHTI ended up being the perfect fit for me. It fit my budget and although it was intense, the class structure seemed to be geared toward non traditional students. I was able to work and finish with my degree in hand."
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