by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Education Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s” 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 Vermont, there were 137 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,366 and $23,750 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 41 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,418 and $24,482 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Education Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. To top this list, a school must have a successful general education program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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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 “Most Well Attended Education Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Education Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Goddard College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s list. Plainfield, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 23 students 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s list. University of Vermont is a fairly large school located in Burlington, Vermont that handed out 7 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Michael’s College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Education Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s. Located in Colchester, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education students 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Norwich University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Education Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s. Located in Northfield, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bennington College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s list. Bennington College is a small school located in Bennington, Vermont that handed out 2 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
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