Ranked #14 in popularity, general education is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Arizona ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 65 doctor's degrees in general education to qualified students.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general education students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of general education students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt general education students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general education related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general education students working on their doctor's degree.
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 Doctor's Degree Schools in Arizona list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Education in Arizona
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general education.
Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in general education. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.
After graduation, education doctorate recipients typically earn an average of $93,670 at the beginning of their careers.
It is hard to beat Arizona State University - Skysong if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in general education. Located in the midsize city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public university with a very large student population.
Soon after graduating, education doctorate recipients typically make around $93,670 in the first five years of their career.
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).
