If you plan on majoring in general education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #41 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for general education students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 539 degrees in general education annually.
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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Arizona ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of education degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student pursuing a degree in general education needs to look into University of Arizona. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 49 general education students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the education program earn an average of $50,537 in their early career salary.
Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general education. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tempe. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were about 6 general education students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available. General Education degree recipients from Arizona State University - Tempe get an earnings boost of approximately $38,046 above the typical earnings of general education graduates.
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Arizona State University - Skysong is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general education. Located in the midsize city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 35 general education students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Skysong in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the general education degree program at Arizona State University - Skysong earn $38,046 more than the average college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
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.
