General Education at Syracuse University

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

Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and has a total student population of 21,322. In 2021, 14 general education majors received their bachelor's degree from Syracuse.

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.

Syracuse General Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Education

Syracuse General Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks general education programs across the country. The following shows how Syracuse 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 Syracuse 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
	6
Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
	14
Best Value General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	104
Most Focused General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	217
Most Focused General Education Schools	626

General Education Student Demographics at Syracuse

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

Syracuse General Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students earned a bachelor's degree in general education from Syracuse. About 64% of these graduates were women and the other 36% were men. The typical general education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% men. So male students are more repesented at Syracuse since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 Syracuse University with a bachelor's in general education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Syracuse 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 Syracuse 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 Justing under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.