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2023 Best General Education Schools in the Southwest Region

26 Colleges
$52,715 Avg Salary
$16,946 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Education School for You

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

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best General Education Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 26 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best General Education Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best General Education Colleges.

Top 10 Best General Education Schools

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the best school for general education students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best General Education Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

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#3

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best General Education Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

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The excellent programs at Concordia University, Texas helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in the Southwest Region . Concordia University, Texas is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Lakeway.

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The excellent programs at University of St. Thomas helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in the Southwest Region . UST is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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With a ranking of #6, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for general education students. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

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With a ranking of #7, The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well on this year’s best schools for general education students. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

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Stephen F Austin State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for general education students. It came in at #8 on the list. SFASU is a large public school located in the town of Nacogdoches.

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Texas A&M University - Kingsville came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best General Education Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the distant town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best general education programs. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

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Best General Education Colleges by State

Explore the best general education schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 474
Arizona 817
Oklahoma 73
New Mexico 163

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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