General Education at Colgate University

Every general education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the general education program at Colgate University stacks up to those at other schools.

Colgate is located in Hamilton, New York and approximately 3,054 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 20 general 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 General Education

Colgate General Education Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The general 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 Focused General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58
Most Popular General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58
Most Focused General Education Schools	244
Most Popular General Education Schools	276

General Education Student Demographics at Colgate

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

Colgate General Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Education from Colgate in 2020-2021, 30% were men and 70% were women. The typical general 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 general 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 general 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 general education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That General Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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.