If you pursue a degree in general studies, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #5 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for general studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 892 degrees in general studies annually.
The general studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Studies rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in Kentucky list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general studies degree levels they offer.
It's difficult to beat Western Kentucky University if you want to pursue a degree in general studies. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #851 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means WKU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 178 general studies students who graduated with this degree at WKU in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Murray State University if you wish to pursue a degree in general studies. Located in the town of Murray, Murray State is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 16th out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 91 general studies students who graduated with this degree at Murray State in the most recent data year.
Eastern Kentucky University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in general studies. Eastern is a fairly large public university located in the town of Richmond. A Best Colleges rank of #1198 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Eastern is a great university overall.
There were about 209 general studies students who graduated with this degree at Eastern in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Morehead State University if you want to pursue a degree in general studies. Located in the town of Morehead, Morehead State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 27th out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 164 general studies students who graduated with this degree at Morehead State University in the most recent data year.
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).
The general studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Studies rankings. We derive our Best Overall General Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
