by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Education is the 31st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 3,291 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 106 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate” ranking looked at 14 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general education programs in the United States.
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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 “Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree general education students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Highland Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate list. Highland Community College is a small public school situated in Highland, Kansas. It awarded 33 associates’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate. This medium-sized school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 16 associates’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 14 schools in the Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Barton County Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Great Bend, Kansas, and it awarded 13 associates’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 14 schools in the Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Inver Hills Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. IHCC is a public institution located in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 14 schools in the Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Itasca Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, this small public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified associates’s general education students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Hennepin Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate list. North Hennepin Community College is located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 associates’s general education degrees to qualified students.
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Century College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate ranking, coming in at #7. Century College is a medium-sized school located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota that handed out 7 associates’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
Emmaus Bible College landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate ranking. Emmaus Bible College is located in Dubuque, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 associates’s general education degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Normandale Community College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate ranking, coming in at #9. Normandale Community College is located in Bloomington, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s general education degrees to qualified students.
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Northeast Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate list. Located in Norfolk, Nebraska, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified associates’s general education students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate ranking. Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s general education degrees to qualified students.
Southwest Baptist University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate list. Bolivar, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s general education degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
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Little Priest Tribal College ranked #13 on this year’s Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate list. Winnebago, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general education degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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Butler Community College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Plains States Region for an Associate ranking. This medium-sized school is located in El Dorado, Kansas, and it awarded 0 associates’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
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