by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended General Education Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 29,810 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States.
Across Oregon, there were 795 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 374 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,095 and $25,983 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended General Education Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general education programs in the United States.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The general education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended General Education Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon bachelor’s degree general education students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Oregon University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Monmouth, Oregon, this small public school awarded 158 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general education students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s list. Oregon State University is a public institution located in Corvallis, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 75 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oregon. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s list. UO is a large school located in Eugene, Oregon that handed out 66 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pacific University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s list. Pacific is a small school located in Forest Grove, Oregon that handed out 32 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. 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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Corban University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s list. Salem, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general education degrees to 24 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% 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%.
Southern Oregon University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended General Education Major in Oregon for a Bachelor’s list. Southern Oregon University is located in Ashland, Oregon and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s general education degrees to qualified students.
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