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2023 Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

10 Colleges
$47,664 Avg Salary
$26,812 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Education Graduate Certificate 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.

The Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the New England Region to see which graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for education majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Tufts University the best school in the New England Region for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#2

Saint Michael's College

Colchester, VT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Michael’s College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Saint Michael's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Colchester.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Connecticut helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in the New England Region . UCONN is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

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#4

Post University

Waterbury, CT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Post University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Antioch University - New England. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Antioch University - New England is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Keene.

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Salem State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate general education programs. Located in the large suburb of Salem, Salem State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #7, Southern New Hampshire University did quite well on this year’s best schools for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Northern Vermont University did quite well on this year’s best schools for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Johnson, Northern Vermont University is a public college with a small student population.

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#9

Bay Path University

Longmeadow, MA

Bay Path University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate general education programs. Bay Path is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Longmeadow.

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Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate general education programs. MCLA is a fairly small public school located in the town of North Adams.

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Best General Education Colleges by State

Explore the best general education schools 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 10 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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