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2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in North Carolina for a Master’s

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Most Well Attended Education Major in North Carolina for a Master's

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Education Major in North Carolina for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 North Carolina, there were 255 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,448 and $24,608 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 131 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,453 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Education Major in North Carolina for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general education programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Education Major in North Carolina for a Master’s

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

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Education Major in North Carolina for a Master’s. Wilmington, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s education degrees to 67 students in 2020-2021.

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%.

Read more about General Education at University of North Carolina at Wilmington

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Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Carolina University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Education Major in North Carolina for a Master’s. WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 41 masters’s education degrees to qualified students.

Full WCU General Education Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Education Major in North Carolina for a Master’s. UNC Chapel Hill is a large school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that handed out 12 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Education at UNC Chapel Hill

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Piedmont International University
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Education Major in North Carolina for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Piedmont International University landed the #4 spot on the list. Piedmont International University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees 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 Piedmont International University

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Pfeiffer University
Misenheimer, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pfeiffer University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Education Major in North Carolina for a Master’s. Pfeiffer University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Misenheimer, North Carolina. It awarded 4 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 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 Pfeiffer University

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