by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Education is the 31st most popular major in the country with 29,389 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 811 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 101 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,140 and $21,982 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in general education. That schools that top this list have a program in general education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The general 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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boise Bible College landed the #1 spot on the list. Boise Bible College is a small school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 1 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. This small school is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this large public school handed out 56 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general education students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado Mountain College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, this medium-sized public school handed out 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general education students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Westminster College Utah. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Westminster College Salt Lake is a private not-for-profit institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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With a ranking of #6, Boise State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This large school is located in Boise, Idaho, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
The University of Montana came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. UM is a public institution located in Missoula, Montana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Colorado Christian University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Colorado Christian University is a medium-sized school located in Lakewood, Colorado that handed out 0 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Education at Colorado Christian University
With a ranking of #7, University of Utah did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Utah is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s general education degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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