2023 Most Popular General Education Schools
Finding the Best General Education 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 Most Popular General Education Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 482 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Education program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular General Education Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular General Education Colleges.
Top 25 Most Popular Schools in General Education
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular General Education Schools list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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 Most Popular General Education Schools list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
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Out of the 482 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Northcentral University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Northcentral University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.
The excellent programs at Johns Hopkins University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in the United States. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
With a ranking of #6, Harvard University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general education students. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.
Nova Southeastern University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular General Education Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
James Madison University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general education programs. JMU is a very large public school located in the small city of Harrisonburg.
Ohio State University - Main Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Education Schools ranking. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the city of Columbus.
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Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Education Schools ranking. Located in the town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Azusa Pacific University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Education Schools ranking. Azusa Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Azusa.
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With a ranking of #12, California State University - Fullerton did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general education students. Cal State Fullerton is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton.
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California Baptist University landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general education programs. Cal Baptist is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Riverside.
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Fort Hays State University ranked #14 on this year’s Most Popular General Education Schools list. FHSU is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Hays.
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San Jose State University ranked #15 on this year’s Most Popular General Education Schools list. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the city of San Jose.
University of California - Los Angeles came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Education Schools ranking. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.
Eastern Washington University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Education Schools ranking. Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #19 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general education programs. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.
Brandman University ranked #20 on this year’s Most Popular General Education Schools list. Brandman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.
University of California - Riverside came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Education Schools ranking. UCR is a very large public school located in the large city of Riverside.
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University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #22 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general education programs. UCSB is a very large public school located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara.
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With a ranking of #23, Montclair State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general education students. Montclair State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Montclair.
With a ranking of #23, Southern New Hampshire University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general education students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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Portland State University landed the #25 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general education programs. Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public college with a very large student population.
Rest of the Top Most Popular General Education Schools
Additional Award Winners
This list represents the remainder of the schools awarded a Most Popular General Education Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 482 different United States general education schools we analyzed.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional popular schools for General Education students that almost earned our Most Popular General Education Schools award.
General Education by Region
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General Education Related Majors
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.
- 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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