by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
With 129,869 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, general studies is the 5th most popular major in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 5,103 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,495 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 28 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general studies. That schools that top this list have a program in general studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree general studies students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Connecticut State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region. Willimantic, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general studies degrees to 70 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 28 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Vermont University landed the #2 spot on the list. Johnson, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general studies degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern New Hampshire University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region list. SNHU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Manchester, New Hampshire. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1,104 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Studies at Southern New Hampshire University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Bridgeport. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region list. University of Bridgeport is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 38 bachelors’s general studies degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 28 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Albertus Magnus College landed the #5 spot on the list. Albertus Magnus is a small school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 9 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Studies at Albertus Magnus College
University of Maine at Farmington did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #6. University of Maine at Farmington is located in Farmington, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s general studies degrees to qualified students.
Full University of Maine at Farmington General Studies Report
Worcester State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #7. Worcester State is a medium-sized school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 33 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
Springfield College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region ranking. Springfield College is a small school located in Springfield, Massachusetts that handed out 18 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Saint Joseph’s College of Maine landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region ranking. Saint Joseph’s Maine is located in Standish, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s general studies degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
University of Hartford came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region ranking. University of Hartford is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in West Hartford, Connecticut. It awarded 35 bachelors’s general studies 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.
University of Connecticut came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school handed out 97 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general studies students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Studies at University of Connecticut
Johnson & Wales University - Online ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region list. Johnson & Wales University - Online is a small school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 4 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Maine did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #13. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general studies students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%.
Fairfield University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region list. Fairfield University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Fairfield, Connecticut. It awarded 8 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Anna Maria College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #15. Located in Paxton, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general studies students in 2020-2021.
Johnson & Wales University - Providence ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general studies students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #17, Sacred Heart University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region list. Located in Fairfield, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general studies students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Gordon College came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region ranking. Gordon College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wenham, Massachusetts. It awarded 0 bachelors’s general studies 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. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.
Thomas College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #18. Thomas College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waterville, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
American International College ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region list. AIC is a small school located in Springfield, Massachusetts that handed out 0 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Rivier University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Nashua, New Hampshire, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general studies students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Fitchburg State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #18. Fitchburg State University is located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s general studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Granite State College came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region ranking. Granite State College is a small school located in Concord, New Hampshire that handed out 41 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Eastern Nazarene College ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region list. Eastern Nazarene College is a small school located in Quincy, Massachusetts that handed out 0 bachelors’s general studies 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 Studies at Eastern Nazarene College
Bennington College ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region list. Bennington is a small school located in Bennington, Vermont that handed out 0 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Massachusetts Amherst came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region ranking. UMass Amherst is a large public school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 0 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Massachusetts Amherst General Studies Report
With a ranking of #18, Colby College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Waterville, Maine, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
With a ranking of #18, Bates College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the New England Region list. Bates College is a small school located in Lewiston, Maine that handed out 0 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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.
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