by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended General Education Major in West Virginia for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Education is the 31st most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across West Virginia, there were 301 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 45 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,642 and $26,170 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended General Education Major in West Virginia for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 4 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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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 West Virginia for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia bachelor’s degree general education students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended General Education Major in West Virginia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairmont State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Fairmont State is located in Fairmont, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s general education degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended General Education Major in West Virginia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Wheeling University landed the #2 spot on the list. Wheeling University is a small school located in Wheeling, West Virginia that handed out 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended General Education Major in West Virginia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, West Liberty University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in West Liberty, West Virginia, this small public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general education students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Davis & Elkins College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in West Virginia for a Bachelor’s list. Elkins, West 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 3 students in 2020-2021.
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