2024 Best General Education Schools in Rhode Island
3Colleges in Rhode Island
85General Education Degrees Awarded
Ranked #31 in popularity, general education is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Education Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 85 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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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 Rhode Island ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for General Education in Rhode Island
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general education degree levels they offer.
It's difficult to beat Brown University if you want to pursue a degree in general education. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Providence. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were about 37 general education students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in general education has to check out University of Rhode Island. URI is a large public university located in the suburb of Kingston. This university ranks 4th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were roughly 33 general education students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent data year.
Rhode Island College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general education. RIC is a medium-sized public college located in the large suburb of Providence. This college ranks 9th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were about 15 general education students who graduated with this degree at RIC in the most recent data year.
One of 0 majors within the General Education area of study, General Education has other similar majors worth exploring.
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
