General Education at Wheeling University

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

Wheeling University is located in Wheeling, West Virginia and approximately 857 students attend the school each year. Of the 85 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wheeling University in 2021, 7 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.

Wheeling University General Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education

Wheeling University General Education Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The education major at Wheeling University 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 Focused General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	36
Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	71
Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	95
	129
Most Popular General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	130
Most Focused General Education Schools	167
Best General Education Schools	250
Best Value General Education Schools	337
Most Popular General Education Schools	465

Education Student Demographics at Wheeling University

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

Wheeling University General Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 education majors earned their bachelor's degree from Wheeling University. Of these graduates, 14% were men and 86% were women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at Wheeling University 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 Wheeling University with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Educational Administration

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 WV, the home state for Wheeling University.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Education Professors	500	$56,050

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 Ibagli under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.