by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 29,810 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 4,037 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 603 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 63 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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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 Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree general education students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Atlantic University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Boca Raton, Florida, and it awarded 61 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Monticello. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Monticello, Arkansas, and it awarded 46 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Gulf Coast University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Florida Gulf Coast University is a fairly large school located in Fort Myers, Florida that handed out 44 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. University of Florida is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 38 bachelors’s general education degrees to qualified students.
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 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Flagler College - St Augustine. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Saint Augustine, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 34 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general education students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #6, Fairmont State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Fairmont, West Virginia, this small public school handed out 32 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general education students in 2020-2021.
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Wingate University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Wingate University is a small school located in Wingate, North Carolina that handed out 25 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, University of Arkansas did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. 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%.
Read full report on General Education at University of Arkansas
North Carolina State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #10, Belhaven University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Belhaven University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Jackson, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Southern University at New Orleans came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
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Bob Jones University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Greenville, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general education degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Tusculum University ranked #13 on this year’s Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Tusculum University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Greeneville, Tennessee. It awarded 18 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Florida-Online landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. UF Online is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Rhodes College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #15. Rhodes College is located in Memphis, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s general education degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Pfeiffer University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #16. Pfeiffer University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Misenheimer, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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.
Read full report on General Education at Pfeiffer University
With a ranking of #16, Liberty University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Liberty University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Belmont Abbey College landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Belmont Abbey College is located in Belmont, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s general education degrees to qualified students.
Vanderbilt University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #19. Vanderbilt University is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s general education degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Winthrop University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #19. Located in Rock Hill, South Carolina, this medium-sized public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general education students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #19, North Greenville University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. North Greenville University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tigerville, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
With a ranking of #19, Columbia College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general education students in 2020-2021.
Virginia Wesleyan University ranked #23 on this year’s Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Virginia Beach, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general education degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
Barry University landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Miami, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general education students in 2020-2021.
Salem College came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Salem College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #25, Wheeling University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Wheeling University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wheeling, West Virginia. It awarded 7 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Harding University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #25. Harding is a small school located in Searcy, Arkansas that handed out 7 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
Jacksonville University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #25. This small school is located in Jacksonville, Florida, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.
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