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General Education at University of Missouri - Columbia

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

Mizzou is located in Columbia, Missouri and approximately 31,089 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,114 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Missouri - Columbia in 2021, 22 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.

Mizzou General Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at Mizzou

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Mizzou offers distance education options for education at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

Mizzou General Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the education progam at Mizzou compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Mizzou 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
Most Popular General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 52

Education Student Demographics at Mizzou

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

Mizzou General Education Bachelor’s Program

59% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 22 education students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Mizzou, about 41% were men and 59% were women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Mizzou since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

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About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at Mizzou 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 University of Missouri - Columbia with a bachelor's in education.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

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 MO, the home state for University of Missouri - Columbia.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
Education Professors 1,160 $78,320

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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