2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Kansas for a Bachelor’s” 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 Kansas, there were 373 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,562 and $28,681 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended General Education Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered 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.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended General Education Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended General Education Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 5 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Kansas

1

Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

#2 overall quality in Kansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.

Read more about General Education at K -State

2

Bethany College Kansas
Lindsborg, Kansas

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended General Education Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bethany College Kansas landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Lindsborg, Kansas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general education students in 2020-2021.

Full Bethany College Kansas General Education Report

3

Tabor College
Hillsboro, Kansas

#22 overall quality in Kansas

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended General Education Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Tabor College landed the #3 spot on the list. Hillsboro, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general education degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Full Tabor General Education Report

3

Benedictine College
Atchison, Kansas

#6 overall quality in Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Benedictine College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended General Education Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s. Atchison, Kansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general education degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Education at Benedictine College

5

MidAmerica Nazarene University
Olathe, Kansas

#9 overall quality in Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend MidAmerica Nazarene University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended General Education Major in Kansas for a Bachelor’s. MNU is a small school located in Olathe, Kansas that handed out 0 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.

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.

Full MNU 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.

Credits

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