If you pursue a degree in general education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #31 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Education Schools in Indiana ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 560 degrees in general education to qualified students.
Your choice of general education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Education Schools in Indiana ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of general education degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Purdue University - Main Campus is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in general education. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #65 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.
There were about 269 general education students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Ivy Tech Community College if you wish to pursue a degree in general education. Ivy Tech Community College is a very large public college located in the large city of Indianapolis. This college ranks 4th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were about 176 general education students who graduated with this degree at Ivy Tech Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
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Purdue University Northwest is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general education. Purdue Northwest is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of Hammond. This university ranks 22nd out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were approximately 42 general education students who graduated with this degree at Purdue Northwest in the most recent year we have data available.
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Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
Your choice of general education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall General Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
