2024 Best General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
9
Colleges in the Plains States Region
458
Doctor's Degrees
Ranked #13 in popularity,
general education is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for general education students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 458 doctor's degrees in general education to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great General Education School for Your Doctor's Degree
Your choice of general education for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality general education program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general education students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other general education students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general education related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general education students working on their doctor's degree.
More Ways to Rank General Education Schools
The general education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region.