2025 Best General Education Schools in Georgia

General Education is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #31 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Georgia to determine which ones were the best for general education students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 165 degrees in general education to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall General Education Schools List

General Education Rankings by Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Education Schools in Georgia list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for General Education in Georgia

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the general education degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Georgia Schools in General Education

1

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

63 General Education Degrees Awarded

38.1% Growth in Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Georgia if you wish to pursue a degree in general education. UGA is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Athens.More information about a degree in general education from University of Georgia

2

Augusta University
Augusta, GA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

49 General Education Degrees Awarded

38.8% Growth in Graduates

Augusta University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in general education. Augusta University is a medium-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of Augusta.More information about a degree in general education from Augusta University

Best General Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best General Education Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	715	580
North Carolina	710	252
Virginia	630	915
Tennessee	624	590
South Carolina	530	352
Kentucky	518	76
Mississippi	501	285
Alabama	500	3
Louisiana	489	95
Arkansas	466	133
West Virginia	410	298

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Rankings in Majors Related to General Education

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).
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