2024 Best General Education Schools in North Carolina
8Colleges in North Carolina
255General 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.
College Factual reviewed 8 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general education. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 255 degrees in general education during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of general education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 North Carolina list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for General Education in North Carolina
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.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general education. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a fairly large student population. 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.
It is hard to beat North Carolina State University if you wish to pursue a degree in general education. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public university with a very large student population. 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.
Campbell University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in general education. Located in the fringe town of Buies Creek, Campbell is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 29 general education students who graduated with this degree at Campbell in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in general education needs to look into University of North Carolina at Wilmington. UNCW is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington. A Best Colleges rank of #457 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UNCW is a great university overall.
There were roughly 70 general education students who graduated with this degree at UNCW in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Cullowhee, WCU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #859 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means WCU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 41 general education students who graduated with this degree at WCU in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Wingate, Wingate is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 36th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 25 general education students who graduated with this degree at Wingate in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Winston-Salem, Salem is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population. This college ranks 55th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 7 general education students who graduated with this degree at Salem in the most recent year we have data available.
BAC is a small private not-for-profit college located in the medium-sized suburb of Belmont. This college ranks 64th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 12 general education students who graduated with this degree at BAC in the most recent year we have data available.
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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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Your choice of general education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
