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 9 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general education. Combined, these schools handed out 605 degrees in general education to qualified students.
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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Education Schools in Tennessee list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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.
Any student pursuing a degree in general education needs to check out Vanderbilt University. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were roughly 11 general education students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in general education has to check out The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Knoxville. A Best Colleges rank of #173 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UT Knoxville is a great university overall.
There were roughly 35 general education students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in general education needs to check out Christian Brothers University. Located in the city of Memphis, Christian Brothers is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1114 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Christian Brothers is a great university overall.
There were about 13 general education students who graduated with this degree at Christian Brothers in the most recent data year.
Cumberland University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general education. CU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Lebanon. This university ranks 30th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 31 general education students who graduated with this degree at CU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Jackson, Union is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #579 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Union is a great university overall.
There were approximately 38 general education students who graduated with this degree at Union in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Clarksville, Austin Peay State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 29th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 53 general education students who graduated with this degree at Austin Peay State University in the most recent data year.
Milligan is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize suburb of Milligan. This university ranks 24th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 18 general education students who graduated with this degree at Milligan in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Greeneville, Tusculum is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 40th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 94 general education students who graduated with this degree at Tusculum in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the distant town of McKenzie, Bethel is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 21st out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were about 21 general education students who graduated with this degree at Bethel in the most recent data year.
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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.
