2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Vermont

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Vermont” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 129,869 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, general studies is the 5th most popular major in the United States.

Across Vermont, there were 47 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 19 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,031 and $14,660 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Vermont” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Vermont” list to help you make the college decision.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Vermont

The colleges and universities below are the best for vermont associate degree general studies students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Studies in Vermont

1

Northern Vermont University
Johnson, Vermont

#10 overall quality in Vermont

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Vermont University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northern Vermont University is a small school located in Johnson, Vermont that handed out 15 associates’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Studies at Northern Vermont University

2

Castleton University
Castleton, Vermont

#7 overall quality in Vermont

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Castleton University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Vermont. Castleton is a public institution located in Castleton, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Studies at Castleton

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.