2025 Best General Education Schools in Louisiana

General Education is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #41 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of general education. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 185 degrees in general education annually.

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• Best Overall General Education Schools List

Pick Your General Education Degree Level

The education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Education Schools in Louisiana. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for General Education in Louisiana

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 education degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Louisiana Schools in Education

1

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

137 Education Degrees Awarded

43.8% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in general education needs to look into Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. Located in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their degree from the education program state that they receive average early career wages of $46,768.

More information about a degree in general education from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

2

Delgado Community College
New Orleans, LA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in general education needs to look into Delgado Community College. Delgado Community College is a large public college located in the city of New Orleans.More information about a degree in general education from Delgado Community College

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
Georgia	287	64
Florida	282	580
North Carolina	279	252
Virginia	274	915
Tennessee	269	590
South Carolina	248	352
Kentucky	244	76
Mississippi	234	285
Arkansas	234	133
Alabama	233	3
West Virginia	207	298

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Rankings in Majors Related to Education

General Education is one of 14 different types of Education programs to choose from.

Education Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Education	185

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Most Popular Majors Related to Education

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific	805
Teacher Education Subject Specific	676
Educational Administration	573
Curriculum & Instruction	413
Student Counseling	190
Special Education	118
Other Education	53
Instructional Media Design	25
Teaching English or French	5

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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).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.