2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for General Education in Missouri

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In 2020-2021, 29,810 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States.

Across Missouri, there were 493 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,899 and $23,654 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended General Education Major in Missouri for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general education. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general education.

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Most Well Attended General Education Major in Missouri for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended General Education Major in Missouri for an Associate”.

Top 2 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for General Education in Missouri

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Southwest Baptist University
Bolivar, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest Baptist University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in Missouri for an Associate list. Southwest Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bolivar, Missouri. It awarded 1 associates’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.

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Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies
Springfield, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended General Education Major in Missouri for an Associate. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified associates’s general education students in 2020-2021.

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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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