General Education is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #12 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 16 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of general education. Combined, these schools handed out 2,289 master's degrees in general education to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great General Education School for Your Master's Degree
The education master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general education students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other general education students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for general education to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general education related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general education students working on their master's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best General Education Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Monmouth University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in general education. Monmouth is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of West Long Branch.
Master's recipients from the general education degree program at Monmouth University make $5,102 above the average graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
Every student who is interested in a master's degree in general education has to check out Montclair State University. Montclair State is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Montclair.
Master's recipients from the general education program at Montclair State University make $3,142 more than the average graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
It is difficult to beat Adelphi University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in general education. Located in the large suburb of Garden City, Adelphi is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.
Master's graduates who receive their degree from the education program make around $26,228 in their early career salary.
La Salle is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.
General Education master's degree recipients from La Salle University receive an earnings boost of about $4,990 above the average earnings of general education graduates.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
The education master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
