General Education at Southwestern University

If you are interested in studying general education, you may want to check out the program at Southwestern University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Southwestern is located in Georgetown, Texas and has a total student population of 1,506. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in general education from Southwestern.

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.

Southwestern General Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Education

Southwestern General Education Rankings

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

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 Southwestern 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
	19
Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
Most Focused General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	42
Best General Education Schools	48
	48
Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	79
Most Popular General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	99
Most Focused General Education Schools	181
Best Value General Education Schools	353
Most Popular General Education Schools	381

General Education Student Demographics at Southwestern

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

Southwestern General Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in general education from Southwestern. About 9% were men and 91% were women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general education at Southwestern are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Southwestern 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 TX, the home state for Southwestern University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Education Professors	4,620	$65,520

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 Matthew Rutledge under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.