General Education is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #41 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Idaho to determine which ones were the best for general education students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 65 degrees in general education to qualified students.
The education program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Education rankings. 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 picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Education Schools in Idaho ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Any student who is interested in general education has to take a look at University of Idaho. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #489 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means U of I is a great university overall.
There were about 9 general education students who graduated with this degree at U of I in the most recent data year.
Boise State University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in general education. Boise State is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Boise. This university ranks 2nd out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were approximately 16 general education students who graduated with this degree at Boise State in the most recent data year.
Idaho State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general education. Located in the small city of Pocatello, ISU is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were about 27 general education students who graduated with this degree at ISU in the most recent data year.
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).