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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Vermont

6 Ranked Colleges
87 Degrees Awarded
$46,366 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Education Major in Vermont

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Vermont” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Education is the 41st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Vermont, there were 137 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,366 and $23,750 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 87 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,945 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Vermont” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general education.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Vermont

The colleges and universities below are the best for vermont master’s degree education students.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Vermont

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Saint Michael's College
Colchester, Vermont

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Michael’s College landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Michael’s College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Colchester, Vermont. It awarded 57 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Education at Saint Michael’s College

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Goddard College
Plainfield, Vermont

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Goddard College landed the #2 spot on the list. Goddard College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Plainfield, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Goddard College General Education Report

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Castleton University
Castleton, Vermont

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Castleton University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Vermont list. Located in Castleton, Vermont, this small public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2020-2021.

Full Castleton General Education Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Vermont University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Vermont. Johnson, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Education at Northern Vermont University

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University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Vermont list. Located in Burlington, Vermont, this fairly large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified masters’s education students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Read full report on General Education at University of Vermont

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Bennington College
Bennington, Vermont

Bennington College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Vermont ranking. Located in Bennington, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s education students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Bennington General Education Report

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