2024 Best General Education Schools in South Carolina
8Colleges in South Carolina
352Education Degrees Awarded
$42,241Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in general education is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #41 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Education Schools in South Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 352 degrees in general education during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of general education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Education Schools in South Carolina.
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Best Schools for General Education in South Carolina
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the education degree levels they offer.
It's difficult to beat University of South Carolina - Columbia if you wish to pursue a degree in general education. UofSC is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #152 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 69 general education students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the education program earn around $42,608 for their early career.
It's hard to beat Clemson University if you want to pursue a degree in general education. Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #107 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Clemson is a great university overall.
There were approximately 153 general education students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the education program report average early career earnings of $43,746.
North Greenville University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general education. Located in the rural area of Tigerville, North Greenville is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 15th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were about 10 general education students who graduated with this degree at North Greenville in the most recent year we have data available.
Anderson University South Carolina is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general education. Anderson University South Carolina is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Anderson. A Best Colleges rank of #811 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Anderson University South Carolina is a great university overall.
There were roughly 43 general education students who graduated with this degree at Anderson University South Carolina in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the education program earn around $39,785 in their early career salary.
Bob Jones University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Greenville. This university ranks 12th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were about 19 general education students who graduated with this degree at Bob Jones University in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Rock Hill, Winthrop is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 13th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were about 10 general education students who graduated with this degree at Winthrop in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Columbia College South Carolina is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1009 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Columbia College South Carolina is a great college overall.
There were approximately 10 general education students who graduated with this degree at Columbia College South Carolina in the most recent year we have data available.
Converse is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Spartanburg. This college ranks 17th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 17 general education students who graduated with this degree at Converse 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).
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Your choice of general education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
