2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in District of Columbia for a Master’s

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In 2020-2021, 29,810 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 79 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,645 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended General Education Major in District of Columbia for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. To top this list, a school must have a successful general education program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended General Education Major in District of Columbia for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended General Education Major in District of Columbia for a Master’s”.

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in District of Columbia

1

Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

#1 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended General Education Major in District of Columbia for a Master’s. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 15 degrees to qualified masters’s general education students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Read more about General Education at Georgetown University

2

Gallaudet University
Washington, District of Columbia

#5 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gallaudet University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended General Education Major in District of Columbia for a Master’s. Gallaudet University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 4 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 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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3

Trinity Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#7 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity Washington University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended General Education Major in District of Columbia for a Master’s. This small school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 10 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Education at Trinity Washington University

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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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