by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 29,810 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 4,037 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2,047 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 67 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general education.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tusculum University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Greeneville, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general education degrees to 76 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Midway University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Midway, Kentucky, and it awarded 33 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 67 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Longwood University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Farmville, Virginia, this small public school awarded 75 diplomas to qualified masters’s general education students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bryan College - Dayton. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Bryan College - Dayton is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dayton, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Welch College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Welch College is located in Gallatin, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 masters’s general education degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
University of Mary Washington did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. University of Mary Washington is a public institution located in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 75 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
Belhaven University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Jackson, Mississippi, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 98 degrees to qualified masters’s general education students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Concord University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Concord University is a small public school situated in Athens, West Virginia. It awarded 25 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
James Madison University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. James Madison University is a public institution located in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 295 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Milligan University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Milligan College, Tennessee, and it awarded 18 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Converse College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Converse is a small school located in Spartanburg, South Carolina that handed out 17 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
Anderson University South Carolina ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Anderson, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general education degrees to 43 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Bethany College West Virginia ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Bethany College West Virginia is a small school located in Bethany, West Virginia that handed out 4 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #14, Union University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Jackson, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 38 degrees to qualified masters’s general education students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Piedmont International University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Piedmont International University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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Cumberland University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #16. Located in Lebanon, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 19 degrees to qualified masters’s general education students in 2020-2021.
Bethel University ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in McKenzie, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 21 degrees to qualified masters’s general education students in 2020-2021.
Christian Brothers University ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Christian Brothers is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Memphis, Tennessee. It awarded 13 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
Clemson University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #19. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school handed out 153 degrees to qualified masters’s general education students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #20, Morehead State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Morehead State University is a public institution located in Morehead, Kentucky. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 30 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Shepherd University ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Shepherd University is a small school located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia that handed out 12 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
Shenandoah University landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Winchester, Virginia, and it awarded 24 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
San Ignacio University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #23. San Ignacio University is a small school located in Doral, Florida that handed out 2 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Marshall University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Marshall University is a fairly large public school situated in Huntington, West Virginia. It awarded 48 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Charlottesville, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general education degrees to 143 students 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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