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2023 Best General Education Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best General Education Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 21,189 people earned a degree or certificate in general education, making the major the #12 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best General Education Doctor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 79 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

Check out the education doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 15% Best General Education Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Claremont Graduate University to be the best school for general education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Claremont, Claremont Graduate University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Harvard University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in the United States. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

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#3

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Stanford University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Winona State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Winona State is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Winona.

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University of Washington - Tacoma Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UW Tacoma is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Tacoma.

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#7

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania ranked #7 on this year’s Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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University of Delaware ranked #8 on this year’s Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UD is a very large public school located in the suburb of Newark.

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#9

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

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Azusa Pacific University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Azusa Pacific is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Azusa.

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University of California - Berkeley ranked #11 on this year’s Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best General Education Doctor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
12 Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network Boston, MA
13 University of Georgia Athens, GA
14 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
15 Seattle Pacific University Seattle, WA

General Education by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KOKUYO.

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