2023 Best Value General Education Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Education Master'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. 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 Value General Education Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 53 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best General Education Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Mississippi University for Women to be the best value school for general education students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southeast Region . MUW is a small public school located in the remote town of Columbus.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MUW are $7,756 per year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Cumberland University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in the Southeast Region . CU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Lebanon.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU are $7,500 per year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Piedmont College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Piedmont College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Demorest.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Piedmont College are $11,020 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Piedmont College is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Harding University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the distant town of Searcy, Harding is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Harding are $11,080 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Harding also did well on our Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Clayton State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large suburb of Morrow, Clayton State University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Clayton State University are $12,736 a year.
Converse College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general education programs. Located in the city of Spartanburg, Converse is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Converse are $7,698 a year.
Tusculum University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Tusculum is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Greeneville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Tusculum are $7,200 a year.
Midway University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general education programs. Located in the rural area of Midway, Midway is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Midway are $7,464 per year.
University of Lynchburg ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Lynchburg is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lynchburg are $11,759 a year.
Union University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Union is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Jackson.
Union graduate students pay an average of $11,666 in tuition and fees each year.
Best General Education Colleges by State
Explore the best general education colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 864 |
| Florida | 407 |
| Georgia | 106 |
| North Carolina | 144 |
| Tennessee | 309 |
| Kentucky | 87 |
| Louisiana | 77 |
| Alabama | 115 |
| South Carolina | 286 |
| Mississippi | 276 |
| Arkansas | 51 |
| West Virginia | 230 |
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Majors Related to Education
One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related 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.
- 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).
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