2024 Best General Education Schools in the Southeast Region
81Colleges in the Southeast Region
4,037General Education Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in general education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #31 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 81 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Education Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 4,037 degrees in general education to qualified students.
The general education program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Education rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for General Education in the Southeast Region
The schools below may not offer all types of general education degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
12 Top Southeast Region Schools in General Education
Vanderbilt University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in general education. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were approximately 11 general education students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
University of Virginia - Main Campus is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in general education. University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the small suburb of Charlottesville. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were about 159 general education students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Georgia is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general education. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #72 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were roughly 39 general education students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent year we have data available.
Nova Southeastern University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general education. NUS Florida is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale. This university ranks 10th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 296 general education students who graduated with this degree at NUS Florida in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were about 38 general education students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent data year.
JMU is a very large public university located in the city of Harrisonburg. A Best Colleges rank of #169 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means JMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 295 general education students who graduated with this degree at JMU in the most recent year we have data available.
UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill. A Best Colleges rank of #43 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were roughly 22 general education students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #173 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UT Knoxville is a great university overall.
There were about 35 general education students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were approximately 116 general education students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent data year.
NC State is a very large public university located in the large city of Raleigh. A Best Colleges rank of #92 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NC State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 21 general education students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent year we have data available.
UCF is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Orlando. A Best Colleges rank of #193 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCF is a great university overall.
There were approximately 82 general education students who graduated with this degree at UCF in the most recent year we have data available.
FGCU is a large public university located in the large suburb of Fort Myers. This university ranks 25th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 49 general education students who graduated with this degree at FGCU in the most recent year we have data available.
Here are some additional great schools for General Education students in the Southeast Region that almost earned our Best General Education Schools in the Southeast Region award.
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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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The general education program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Education rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
