If you pursue a associate degree in liberal arts general studies, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #1 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 266 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of liberal arts general studies. Combined, these schools handed out 115,509 associate degrees in liberal arts general studies to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Liberal Arts General Studies School for Your Associate Degree
Your choice of liberal arts general studies for getting your associate degree school matters. 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 take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Average Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to liberal arts general studies students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other liberal arts general studies students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt liberal arts general studies students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized liberal arts general studies related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for liberal arts general studies students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Liberal Arts General Studies Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Liberal Arts General Studies in the Southeast Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in liberal arts general studies. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
25 Top Southeast Region Schools for an Associate in Liberal Arts
It's hard to beat Northern Virginia Community College if you wish to pursue an associate degree in liberal arts general studies. Northern Virginia Community College is a very large public college located in the large suburb of Annandale.
Those liberal arts general studies students who get their associate degree from Northern Virginia Community College earn $6,094 more than the typical liberal arts student.
Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in liberal arts general studies needs to check out Valencia College. Valencia College is a fairly large public college located in the city of Orlando.
After graduation, liberal arts associate recipients usually make an average of $25,001 in their early careers.
It is hard to beat Oxford College of Emory University if you want to pursue an associate degree in liberal arts general studies. Oxford College is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Oxford.
Students who graduate with their associate from the liberal arts program report average early career wages of $7,808.
Palm Beach State College is a fairly large public college located in the suburb of Lake Worth.
Those liberal arts general studies students who get their associate degree from Palm Beach State College make $3,755 more than the typical liberal arts student.
HCC is a very large public college located in the city of Tampa.
Associate recipients from the liberal arts general studies degree program at Hillsborough Community College make $4,356 above the typical graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
FSCJ is a fairly large public college located in the city of Jacksonville.
Liberal Arts General Studies associate degree recipients from Florida State College at Jacksonville earn a boost of around $4,628 above the typical earnings of liberal arts general studies graduates.
American Military University is a very large private for-profit university located in the fringe town of Charles Town.
Associate recipients from the liberal arts general studies program at American Public University System earn $26,058 above the standard graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Lauderdale, BC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Associate recipients from the liberal arts general studies program at Broward College make $2,725 above the average college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
SPC is a fairly large public college located in the large city of St. Petersburg.
Liberal Arts General Studies associate degree recipients from St Petersburg College receive an earnings boost of about $3,019 above the average income of liberal arts general studies majors.
Wake Technical Community College is a fairly large public college located in the large suburb of Raleigh.
Liberal Arts General Studies associate degree recipients from Wake Technical Community College get an earnings boost of around $4,323 above the average earnings of liberal arts general studies majors.
Georgia State University-Perimeter College is a fairly large public university located in the city of Atlanta.
Associate recipients from the liberal arts general studies degree program at Georgia State University-Perimeter College earn $3,020 more than the typical college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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Additional Award Winners
This list represents the rest of the schools awarded a Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region badge.
Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 20% of the 266 different Southeast liberal arts general studies schools we analyzed.
Here are some additional great schools for Liberal Arts General Studies students in the Southeast Region that almost earned our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region award.
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.
Your choice of liberal arts general studies for getting your associate degree school matters. 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:
