General Education at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 52,775. In 2021, 19 general education majors received their bachelor's degree from NYU.

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.

NYU General Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Education

NYU General Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general education progam at NYU 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 NYU 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
	32
Most Popular General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114
Most Focused General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	231
Most Focused General Education Schools	656

General Education Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU General Education Bachelor’s Program

The general education program at NYU awarded 19 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 21% of these degrees went to men with the other 79% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

NYU 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 New York 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 Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.