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 “Most Well Attended General Education Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s” 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 Vermont, there were 137 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 41 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,418 and $24,482 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended General Education Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general education.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended General Education Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for vermont bachelor’s degree general education students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Goddard College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended General Education Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s. Located in Plainfield, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 23 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general education students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Vermont. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended General Education Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s. University of Vermont is a fairly large school located in Burlington, Vermont that handed out 7 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended General Education Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Michael’s College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Colchester, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general education students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended General Education Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Norwich University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Northfield, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general education students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bennington College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in Vermont for a Bachelor’s list. Bennington College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bennington, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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