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2023 Most Popular Online General Education Schools in the New England Region

6 Colleges
$50,783 Avg Salary
$22,414 Avg Student Debt

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online General Education Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online General Education Colleges.

Our analysis found Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network to be the most popular school for general education students who want to pursue an online degree in the New England Region . Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#2

Endicott College

Beverly, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Endicott College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online General Education Schools in the New England Region list. Endicott is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Beverly.

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The excellent online programs at NHTI-Concord’s Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in the New England Region . Located in the town of Concord, NHTI is a public school with a small student population.

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#4

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Out of the 6 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#4

Post University

Waterbury, CT

The excellent online programs at Post University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in the New England Region . Located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit college with a large student population.

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#6

University of Maine

Orono, ME

University of Maine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for general education students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the small suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public school with a large student population.

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Explore the most popular online 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

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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 6 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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