2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Alabama

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in Alabama” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Education is the 31st most popular major in the country with 29,389 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across Alabama, there were 111 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,476 and $40,919 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in Alabama” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general education.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in Alabama

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama master’s degree general education students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Alabama

1

Troy University
Troy, Alabama

#12 overall quality in Alabama

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Troy University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in Alabama list. Troy, Alabama is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general education degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Education at Troy University

2

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

#4 overall quality in Alabama

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Education Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alabama at Birmingham landed the #2 spot on the list. Birmingham, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general education degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Education at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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