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2023 Best General Education Doctor's Degree Schools

79 Colleges
$72,973 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education Doctor's Degree School for You

General Education is the #39 most popular major in the country with 29,810 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best General Education Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 79 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for education majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 15% Best General Education Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Claremont Graduate University the best school in the United States for general education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Claremont, Claremont Graduate University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Out of the 79 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

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#3

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Out of the 79 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#4

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Out of the 79 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Winona State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in the United States. Winona State is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Winona.

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University of Washington - Tacoma Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UW Tacoma is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Tacoma.

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#7

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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University of Delaware ranked #8 on this year’s Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UD is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Newark.

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#9

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

With a ranking of #9, Purdue University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for general education students working on their doctor’s degree. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

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With a ranking of #10, Azusa Pacific University did quite well on this year’s best schools for general education students working on their doctor’s degree. Azusa Pacific is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Azusa.

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University of California - Berkeley ranked #11 on this year’s Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best General Education Doctor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
12 Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network Boston, MA
13 University of Georgia Athens, GA
14 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
15 Seattle Pacific University Seattle, WA

General Education by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KOKUYO.

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