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Most Popular General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

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2023 Most Popular General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

2 Colleges
$35,282 Avg Salary
$26,172 Avg Student Debt

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

In 2020-2021, 64 degrees and certificates were awarded to general education students who went to a Rhode Island college or university. This makes it the #82 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Education program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular General Education Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

#1

Brown University

Providence, RI

Our analysis found Brown University to be the most popular school for general education students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Rhode Island. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 30 students majoring in education at Brown, 20% are male and 80% are female.

Read full report on General Education at Brown University

Out of the 2 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Roger Williams University landed the # 2 spot on the list. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.

Read full report on General Education at Roger Williams University

Best General Education Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular General Education Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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