Non-Traditional students fall outside the preconceived norms for college-bound students.  General wisdom has it that high school graduates who wish to pursue a college education do so directly after graduation, completing a seamless transition into post-secondary education.  But there are many paths to higher education, and they do not all conform to the same map.  Many students choose to postpone college, or move directly into the workforce bypassing a university education altogether.  It is only later that they decide to pursue a higher education, either to improve their professional opportunities, or to expand their general knowledge.  Still other students may have had their college careers interrupted, either by growing families or financial difficulties, and only later return to complete what they had started.