2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Studies Major

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 Doctorate Highly Focused on General Studies Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 129,869 general studies students received their degree, making the major the 5th most popular in the country.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Studies Major” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general studies.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Studies Major

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree general studies students.

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Studies

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Studies Major list. NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s general studies degrees to qualified students.

Read more about General Studies at NMSU Main Campus

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University of Maine
Orono, Maine

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #2 spot on the list. UMaine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 16 doctorate’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Studies at UMaine

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Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 82 doctorate’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full Mississippi State University General Studies Report

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Studies Major. UNLV is a large school located in Las Vegas, Nevada that handed out 0 doctorate’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Studies at UNLV

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.