Best General Education Associate Degree Colleges in the Plains States Region

Unfortunately, there were no schools in the Plains States Region that made our Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. You may want to check out our national ranking in the field instead.

Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 associate 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 easy is it for general education to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general education related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general education students working on their associate degree.

Insufficient Data for the Plains States Region

Sadly , we do not have adequate data to create a ranking of the top quality schools for general education in the Plains States Region . This is typically due to there not being enough schools in the Plains States Region that both offer general education and provided enough information for us to do a sufficient analysis.

Instead, take a look at at some of our other General Education rankings below or check out our overall Best Colleges for General Education ranking.

Best General Education Colleges by State

Explore the best general education schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	151	55
Kansas	146	46
Missouri	117	1
Iowa	116	2
Nebraska	98	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Education

One of 14 majors within the Education area of study, General Education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Education Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Education	111

Most Popular Majors Related to Education

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific	624
Teacher Education Subject Specific	454
Teaching Assistants	38
Special Education	20

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to KOKUYO. More about our data sources and methodologies.