2024 Best General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in general education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #78 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of general education. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 83 bachelor's degrees in general education during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 bachelor's 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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general education students working on their bachelor's 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Education in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general education.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Bachelor's in General Education

1

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

50 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in general education needs to check out University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Denver.More information about a bachelor’s in general education from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

2

Boise State University
Boise, ID

Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Boise State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general education. Boise State is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Boise.More information about a bachelor’s in general education from Boise State University

 

Best General Education Colleges by State

Explore the best general education schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	415	3
Colorado	316	66
Idaho	312	14
Montana	212	0

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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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to KOKUYO. More about our data sources and methodologies.