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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended General Education Major in Utah for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 29,810 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States.
Across Utah, there were 190 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 157 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,613 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended General Education Major in Utah for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended General Education Major in Utah for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended General Education Major in Utah for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Utah University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in Utah for a Master’s list. Cedar City, Utah is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general education degrees to 146 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended General Education Major in Utah for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Westminster College Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s general education students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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