2024 Best General Education Schools in the Far Western US Region
75Colleges in the Far Western US Region
8,125Education Degrees Awarded
$55,849Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in general education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #41 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 75 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for general education students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 8,125 degrees in general education during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of general education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Education Schools in the Far Western US Region.
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Best Schools for General Education in the Far Western US Region
The schools below may not offer all types of education degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It is hard to beat University of Washington - Seattle Campus if you want to pursue a degree in general education. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #37 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were approximately 150 general education students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the education program earn around $55,221 in the first couple years of working.
Stanford University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general education. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Stanford. A Best Colleges rank of #3 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Stanford is a great university overall.
There were roughly 74 general education students who graduated with this degree at Stanford in the most recent year we have data available. General Education degree recipients from Stanford University receive an earnings boost of approximately $14,710 over the typical earnings of general education graduates.
Every student who is interested in general education has to take a look at Claremont Graduate University. Located in the suburb of Claremont, Claremont Graduate University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #185 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Claremont Graduate University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 59 general education students who graduated with this degree at Claremont Graduate University in the most recent year we have data available. Those general education students who get their degree from Claremont Graduate University earn $46,244 more than the standard education grad.
It is hard to beat University of California - Los Angeles if you want to pursue a degree in general education. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were roughly 248 general education students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the general education degree program at University of California - Los Angeles make $4,445 above the average college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
UC Berkeley is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Berkeley. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were roughly 98 general education students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the general education major at University of California - Berkeley get $30,000 more than the standard college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
UC Irvine is a very large public university located in the large city of Irvine. A Best Colleges rank of #61 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UC Irvine is a great university overall.
There were approximately 251 general education students who graduated with this degree at UC Irvine in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the education program report average early career wages of $38,782.
UCSD is a fairly large public university located in the large city of La Jolla. A Best Colleges rank of #38 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCSD is a great university overall.
There were about 121 general education students who graduated with this degree at UCSD in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, education degree recipients usually make around $54,702 at the beginning of their careers.
Western Oregon State College is a small public university located in the town of Monmouth. This university ranks 6th out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were roughly 184 general education students who graduated with this degree at Western Oregon State College in the most recent year we have data available.
SDSU is a very large public university located in the city of San Diego. A Best Colleges rank of #141 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means SDSU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 245 general education students who graduated with this degree at SDSU in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of San Diego, National University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #196 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means National University is a great university overall.
There were about 944 general education students who graduated with this degree at National University in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the general education major at National University earn $3,052 above the typical college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Located in the city of San Diego, Northcentral University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 53rd out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 681 general education students who graduated with this degree at Northcentral University in the most recent data year. After graduation, education degree recipients typically earn about $53,382 at the beginning of their careers.
Here are some additional great schools for General Education students in the Far Western US Region that almost earned our Best General Education Schools in the Far Western US Region award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
Your choice of general education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
