General Education at Colby College

If you plan to study general education, take a look at what Colby College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and has a total student population of 2,155. In 2021, 23 education majors received their bachelor's degree from Colby.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Education section at the bottom of this page.

Colby General Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education

Colby General Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks education programs across the country. The following shows how Colby performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The education major at Colby is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	38
Most Popular General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	48
Most Focused General Education Schools	169
Most Popular General Education Schools	252

Education Student Demographics at Colby

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Colby College.

Colby General Education Bachelor’s Program

The education program at Colby awarded 23 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 22% of these degrees went to men with the other 78% going to women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Colby since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in education at Colby are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Colby College with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Colby also has a doctoral program available in education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within General Education

The following education concentations are available at Colby College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Colby College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Education	23

Related Majors

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for ME, the home state for Colby College.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Education Professors	360	$59,150

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nickline4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.