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2022 Best Value General Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
366 Degrees Awarded
$25,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Education Schools for a Bachelor's in New York For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value General Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Education is the 28th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across New York, there were 594 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 366 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,973 and $22,589 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in general education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general education programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education in New York (With Aid)

#1

SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Empire State College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Saratoga Springs, New York, and it awarded 102 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Empire also made our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend SUNY Empire State College is $12,142 for New York Bachelor’s Degree General Education students with aid.

Read more about General Education at SUNY Empire

#2

Colgate University

Hamilton, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colgate University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Hamilton, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 23 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general education students in 2019-2020.

Colgate did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. It costs about $25,834 for New York Bachelor’s Degree General Education students with aid per year to attend Colgate.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Colgate University General Education Report

#3

Niagara University

Niagara University, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Niagara University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid. Niagara University, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general education degrees to 137 students in 2019-2020.

Niagara also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $20,019 for New York Bachelor’s Degree General Education students with aid per year to attend Niagara University.

Read more about General Education at Niagara

#4

Concordia College - New York

Bronxville, New York
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value General Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia College - New York landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Bronxville, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general education students in 2019-2020.

Concordia College - New York also made our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $23,531 for New York Bachelor’s Degree General Education students with aid per year to attend Concordia College - New York.

Full Concordia College - New York General Education Report

#5

St. Thomas Aquinas College

Sparkill, New York
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Thomas Aquinas College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value General Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid list. STAC is a small school located in Sparkill, New York that handed out 10 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2019-2020.

STAC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The estimated yearly cost for STAC is $20,274 for new york bachelor’s degree general education students with aid.

Read more about General Education at St. Thomas Aquinas College

#6

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Syracuse University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value General Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Syracuse, New York, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2019-2020.

Syracuse also made our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Syracuse University is $34,482 for New York Bachelor’s Degree General Education students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Education at Syracuse

#7

New York University

New York, New York
#3 in overall quality

New York University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value General Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2019-2020.

NYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The yearly cost to attend NYU is $39,772 for New York Bachelor’s Degree General Education students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full NYU General Education Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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