General Education at Buena Vista University

If you plan to study general education, take a look at what Buena Vista University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

BVU is located in Storm Lake, Iowa and approximately 1,863 students attend the school each year. Of the 399 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Buena Vista University in 2021, 4 of them were general education majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Education section at the bottom of this page.

BVU General Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education

BVU General Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks education programs across the country. The following shows how BVU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The education major at BVU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best General Education Schools	139
Most Popular General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	160
Most Focused General Education Schools	461
Most Popular General Education Schools	527

Education Student Demographics at BVU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Buena Vista University.

BVU General Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Education from BVU in 2020-2021, 25% were men and 75% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at BVU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Buena Vista University with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

BVU also has a doctoral program available in education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Instructional Media Design
• Teaching English or French
• Special Education
• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Curriculum & Instruction

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Buena Vista University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Education Professors	760	$75,060

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Ryan Harder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.