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2023 Best Value General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

18 Colleges
$24,793 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Education Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 18 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Top 10 Best General Education Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Delta State University

Cleveland, MS

Our analysis found Delta State University to be the best value school for general education students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southeast Region . Delta State University is a small public school located in the remote town of Cleveland.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Delta State University are $8,360 a year.

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#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Liberty University is a great value for general education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Southern Miss are $11,204 a year.

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#4

Florida Southern College

Lakeland, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florida Southern College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the midsize city of Lakeland, Florida Southern is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Florida Southern graduate students pay an average of $17,482 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Georgia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a very large student population.

UGA graduate students pay an average of $27,464 in tuition and fees each year.

UGA excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#6

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Nova Southeastern University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NUS Florida are $22,790 a year.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.

UNC Chapel Hill graduate students pay an average of $30,858 in tuition and fees each year.

UNC Chapel Hill excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Virginia are $33,520 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, University of Virginia is ranked #3 for overall quality for education in the Southeast Region .

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Georgia State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Georgia State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Georgia State are $24,790 a year.

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#10

University of Mississippi

University, MS

With a ranking of #10, University of Mississippi did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general education students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the remote town of University, Ole Miss is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ole Miss are $25,892 per year.

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Best General Education Colleges by State

Explore the best general education schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 117
Virginia 918
North Carolina 255
Florida 622
Tennessee 605
Kentucky 95
South Carolina 352
Louisiana 116
Arkansas 133
Alabama 115
Mississippi 407
West Virginia 301

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

Majors Similar to Education

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 18 schools only.

  • 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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