2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Studies in the Far Western US Region

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

Across the Far Western US region, there were 4,776 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree general studies students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Studies in the Far Western US Region

1

Fresno Pacific University
Fresno, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fresno Pacific University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. This small school is located in Fresno, California, and it awarded 2 masters’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.

Read more about General Studies at Fresno Pacific University

2

Western Oregon University
Monmouth, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Oregon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Monmouth, Oregon, this small public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified masters’s general studies students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Studies at Western Oregon State College

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Studies

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.