2024 Best General Education Schools in the Southeast Region
81Colleges in the Southeast Region
4,289Education Degrees Awarded
$45,719Avg Early-Career Salary
General Education is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #41 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 81 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Education Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 4,289 degrees in general education to qualified students.
Your choice of general education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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Best Schools for General Education in the Southeast Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the education degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It is hard to beat Vanderbilt University if you want to pursue a degree in general education. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were about 19 general education students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of Virginia - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in general education. University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the small suburb of Charlottesville. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were about 187 general education students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent data year. General Education degree recipients from University of Virginia - Main Campus earn a boost of approximately $23,677 above the typical earnings of general education graduates.
Any student pursuing a degree in general education has to look into University of Georgia. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #72 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were about 63 general education students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in general education needs to take a look at Nova Southeastern University. NUS Florida is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale. This university ranks 10th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 318 general education students who graduated with this degree at NUS Florida in the most recent year we have data available. General Education degree recipients from Nova Southeastern University get an earnings boost of about $24,614 above the typical income of general education majors.
Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were about 56 general education students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent year we have data available.
JMU is a very large public university located in the city of Harrisonburg. A Best Colleges rank of #169 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means JMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 286 general education students who graduated with this degree at JMU in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the general education program at James Madison University earn $2,684 above the typical college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public university located in the small city of Chapel Hill. A Best Colleges rank of #43 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were about 11 general education students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent data year. General Education degree recipients from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill get an earnings boost of approximately $12,661 above the typical income of general education graduates.
Located in the city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #173 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UT Knoxville is a great university overall.
There were about 32 general education students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the general education program at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville make $24,004 more than the typical college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were about 117 general education students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the general education major at Virginia Commonwealth University get $13,852 above the standard college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
NC State is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Raleigh. A Best Colleges rank of #92 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NC State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 17 general education students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent data year.
UCF is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Orlando. A Best Colleges rank of #193 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCF is a great university overall.
There were roughly 87 general education students who graduated with this degree at UCF in the most recent data year. General Education degree recipients from University of Central Florida receive an earnings boost of around $26,508 over the average income of general education majors.
FGCU is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Fort Myers. This university ranks 25th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 58 general education students who graduated with this degree at FGCU in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the education program report average early career earnings of $35,552.
Here are some additional great schools for General Education students in the Southeast Region that almost earned our Best General Education Schools in the Southeast Region award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Your choice of general education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
