2025 Best General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Kentucky

If you pursue a associate degree in general studies, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #2 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Studies Associate Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 139 associate degrees in general studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great General Studies School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of general studies for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general studies students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general studies students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general studies related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Studies Associate Degree Schools in Kentucky list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study General Studies in Kentucky

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in general studies.

Top Kentucky Schools for an Associate in General Studies

1

Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

49 Annual Graduates

Western Kentucky University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing an associate degree in general studies. WKU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Bowling Green.More information about a associate in general studies from Western Kentucky University

2

Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

40 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in general studies has to look into Eastern Kentucky University. Located in the town of Richmond, Eastern is a public university with a large student population.More information about a associate in general studies from Eastern Kentucky University

3

Morehead State University
Morehead, KY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

27 Annual Graduates

Morehead State University is a great option for individuals pursuing an associate degree in general studies. Morehead State University is a moderately-sized public university located in the remote town of Morehead.More information about a associate in general studies from Morehead State University

Best General Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	272	2,819
Florida	232	316
North Carolina	231	58
Georgia	217	687
West Virginia	180	2,051
Tennessee	170	1,434
Arkansas	161	2,534
Virginia	158	2,613
Louisiana	124	1,285
Alabama	109	4,487
South Carolina	105	28

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Rankings in Majors Related to General Studies

One of 3 majors within the Liberal Arts General Studies area of study, General Studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to General Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts	4,971

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.