by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in New Hampshire” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Education is the 31st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across New Hampshire, there were 319 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 48 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,795 and $26,908 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in New Hampshire” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in general education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in New Hampshire”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in New Hampshire list. Located in Henniker, New Hampshire, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general education students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Education at New England College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Franklin Pierce University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in New Hampshire. Rindge, New Hampshire is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general education degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. UNH is a fairly large public school situated in Durham, New Hampshire. It awarded 16 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern New Hampshire University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in New Hampshire list. Southern New Hampshire University is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s general education degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on General Education at Southern New Hampshire University
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