2024 Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

If you pursue a associate degree in general education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #63 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for general education students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 293 associate degrees in general education during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general education students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general education related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general education students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank General Education Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study General Education in New Jersey

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in general education.

Top New Jersey Schools for an Associate in General Education

1

Brookdale Community College
Lincroft, NJ

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

121 Annual Graduates

Brookdale Community College is a wonderful option for students interested in an associate degree in general education. Located in the rural area of Lincroft, Brookdale Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in general education from Brookdale Community College

2

Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester Campus
Sewell, NJ

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

85 Annual Graduates

Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester Campus is a good option for individuals interested in an associate degree in general education. Located in the large suburb of Sewell, RCSJ is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in general education from Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester Campus

Best General Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best General Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	429	49
Pennsylvania	379	47
Maryland	221	131
District of Columbia	46	31

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Rankings in Majors Related to General Education

One of 0 majors within the General Education area of study, General Education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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