by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 29,810 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 41st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,719 and had an average of $23,394 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 4,037 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,577 and $24,252 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 603 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 63 colleges that offered a degree in general education. That schools that top this list have a program in general education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region”.
Out of the 63 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern University at New Orleans landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Flagler College - St Augustine. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Flagler St. Augustine is located in Saint Augustine, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on General Education at Flagler College - St Augustine
Out of the 63 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Monticello landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Arkansas at Monticello is a public institution located in Monticello, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Education at University of Arkansas at Monticello
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pfeiffer University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Misenheimer, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on General Education at Pfeiffer University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salem College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #6, Belmont Abbey College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Belmont Abbey College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Belmont, North Carolina. It awarded 12 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Education at Belmont Abbey College
Tusculum University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Tusculum University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Greeneville, Tennessee. It awarded 18 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Education at Tusculum University
Fairmont State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Fairmont, West Virginia, this small public school awarded 32 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
Wheeling University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Wheeling University is located in Wheeling, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.
Bob Jones University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #10. Bob Jones University is a small school located in Greenville, South Carolina that handed out 19 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Wingate University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Wingate is located in Wingate, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Rhodes College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #12. Rhodes College is located in Memphis, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
With a ranking of #13, Virginia Wesleyan University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Virginia Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Columbia College ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Columbia College South Carolina is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Berea College landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Berea College is located in Berea, Kentucky and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #16, North Greenville University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Tigerville, South Carolina, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Florida-Online ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. University of Florida-Online is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Le Moyne - Owen College came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Le Moyne - Owen College is a small school located in Memphis, Tennessee that handed out 2 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #19, Guilford College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. Greensboro, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Florida Gulf Coast University ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. FGCU is a fairly large public school situated in Fort Myers, Florida. It awarded 44 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
LaGrange College landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. LaGrange is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lagrange, Georgia. It awarded 3 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Belhaven University landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Belhaven University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Jackson, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on General Education at Belhaven University
Lyon College came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Batesville, Arkansas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
West Liberty University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in West Liberty, West Virginia, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Education at West Liberty University
With a ranking of #25, Maryville College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Maryville, Tennessee, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
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