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2023 Best General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

15 Colleges
$72,973 Avg Salary

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

General Education is the #12 most popular major in the country with 21,189 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 15 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for education majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 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 Far Western US Region . 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

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 15 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Tacoma Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. UW Tacoma is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Tacoma.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Azusa Pacific University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Azusa Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Azusa.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of California - Berkeley helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in the Far Western US Region . UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

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With a ranking of #6, Seattle Pacific University did quite well on this year’s best schools for general education students working on their doctor’s degree. SPU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

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University of California - San Diego landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree general education programs. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#8

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

San Diego State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree general education programs. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a very large student population.

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#9

Northcentral University

San Diego, CA

Northcentral University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Northcentral University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

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University of California - Los Angeles 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. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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Best General Education Colleges by State

Explore the best general education colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 6,275
Washington 419
Oregon 367
Nevada 36
Hawaii 10
Alaska 26

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

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 15 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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