General Education at Colgate University

What traits are you looking for in a education school? To help you decide if Colgate University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's education program.

Colgate is located in Hamilton, New York and approximately 3,054 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 20 education majors received their bachelor's degree from Colgate.

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.

Colgate General Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education

Colgate General Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the education progam at Colgate compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The education major at Colgate 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 Popular General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58
Most Focused General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58
Most Focused General Education Schools	244
Most Popular General Education Schools	276

Education Student Demographics at Colgate

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

Colgate General Education Bachelor’s Program

The education program at Colgate awarded 20 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 30% of these degrees went to men with the other 70% going to women. The typical education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Colgate since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Colgate University with a bachelor's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	7
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Colgate 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

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Colgate University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Education	20

Related Majors

• Teacher Education Subject Specific
• Teacher Education Grade Specific

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 NY, the home state for Colgate University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Education Professors	5,590	$88,580

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 Balon Greyjoy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.