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Best General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

2023 Best General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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$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. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs 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 New England Region

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

Top New England Region Schools for a Doctorate in General Education

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our analysis found Harvard University to be the best school for general education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the New England Region . Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#3

Lesley University

Cambridge, MA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Lesley University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in the New England Region . Lesley is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

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#4

Boston University

Boston, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Boston.

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American International College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree general education programs. AIC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

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University of Rhode Island ranked #7 on this year’s Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. URI is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

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Rhode Island College

Providence, RI

Rhode Island College ranked #8 on this year’s Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. RIC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Providence.

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#9

University of Maine

Orono, ME

With a ranking of #9, University of Maine did quite well on this year’s best schools for general education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best General Education Colleges by State

Explore the best general education colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,285
Connecticut 368
New Hampshire 319
Maine 151
Rhode Island 64
Vermont 137

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 9 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).
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