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2022 Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

6 Ranked Colleges
438 Degrees Awarded
$18,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 29,936 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 28th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 4,177 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 438 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in general education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general education program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education in the Southeast Region

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is located in Perkinston, Mississippi and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 associates’s general education degrees to qualified students.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is $8,503 for Southeast Region Associate Degree General Education students.

Read full report on General Education at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Liberty University is a large school located in Lynchburg, Virginia that handed out 42 associates’s general education degrees in 2019-2020.

Liberty University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $28,903 for Southeast Region Associate Degree General Education students per year to attend Liberty University.

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#3

Blue Ridge Community and Technical College

Martinsburg, West Virginia
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Blue Ridge Community and Technical College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is a small public school situated in Martinsburg, West Virginia. It awarded 6 associates’s general education degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is $6,293 for Southeast Region Associate Degree General Education students.

Read more about General Education at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College

#4

Cumberland University

Lebanon, Tennessee
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cumberland University landed the #4 spot on the list. Lebanon, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s general education degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

CU also made our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Cumberland University is $24,458 for southeast region associate degree general education students.

Full Cumberland University General Education Report

#5

Campbell University

Buies Creek, North Carolina
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Campbell University landed the #5 spot on the list. Campbell is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Buies Creek, North Carolina. It awarded 35 associates’s general education degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree general education students list, Campbell has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Campbell is $24,544 for Southeast Region Associate Degree General Education students.

Read more about General Education at Campbell University

#6

Alderson Broaddus University

Philippi, West Virginia
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Alderson Broaddus University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Alderson Broaddus University is a small school located in Philippi, West Virginia that handed out 1 associates’s general education degrees in 2019-2020.

Alderson Broaddus University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $20,189 for Southeast Region Associate Degree General Education students per year to attend Alderson Broaddus University.

Read more about General Education at Alderson Broaddus University

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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