2025 Best General Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut
5
Colleges in Connecticut
354
Bachelor's Degrees
If you pursue a bachelor's degree in
general studies, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #34 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 5 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of general studies. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 354 bachelor's degrees in general studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great General Studies School for Your Bachelor's Degree
The general studies bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different 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 bachelor's 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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general studies students working on their bachelor's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The general studies 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 Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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