2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in West Virginia for a Master’s

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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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 203 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,814 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended General Education Major in West Virginia for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general education. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general education.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended General Education Major in West Virginia for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia master’s degree general education students.

Top 6 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in West Virginia

1

West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia

#2 overall quality in West Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended General Education Major in West Virginia for a Master’s. Located in Morgantown, West Virginia, this large public school handed out 70 diplomas to qualified masters’s general education students in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Education at WVU

2

Marshall University
Huntington, West Virginia

#5 overall quality in West Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Marshall University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended General Education Major in West Virginia for a Master’s. Marshall University is located in Huntington, West Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 48 masters’s general education degrees to qualified students.

Full Marshall University General Education Report

3

American Public University System
Charles Town, West Virginia

#1 overall quality in West Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in West Virginia for a Master’s list. Located in Charles Town, West Virginia, this large private for-profit school handed out 44 diplomas to qualified masters’s general education students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%.

Read more about General Education at American Public University System

4

Concord University
Athens, West Virginia

#20 overall quality in West Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concord University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in West Virginia for a Master’s list. Concord University is located in Athens, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 masters’s general education degrees to qualified students.

Read more about General Education at Concord University

5

Shepherd University
Shepherdstown, West Virginia

#10 overall quality in West Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Shepherd University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended General Education Major in West Virginia for a Master’s. Shepherd University is a small school located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia that handed out 12 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Education at Shepherd University

6

Bethany College West Virginia
Bethany, West Virginia

With a ranking of #6, Bethany College West Virginia did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended General Education Major in West Virginia for a Master’s list. Bethany College West Virginia is a small school located in Bethany, West Virginia that handed out 4 masters’s general education degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Education at Bethany College West Virginia

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education in the Southeast Region
• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for General Education

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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