2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in District of Columbia

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 Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in District of Columbia” 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 District of Columbia, there were 79 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in District of Columbia”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in District of Columbia

1

Gallaudet University
Washington, District of Columbia

#5 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gallaudet University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in District of Columbia. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general education degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on General Education at Gallaudet

2

Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

#1 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in District of Columbia. Georgetown is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 15 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 94%.

Read full report on General Education at Georgetown

3

Trinity Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#7 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity Washington University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general education degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.

Full Trinity Washington University General Education Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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