General Education at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 30,559.

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.

UT Knoxville General Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in General Education
• Doctorate Degree in General Education

Online Classes Are Available at UT Knoxville

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UT Knoxville offers distance education options for general education at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UT Knoxville General Education Rankings

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.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in general education, making the school the #36 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

General Education Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville General Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students earned a master's degree in general education from UT Knoxville. About 65% of these graduates were women and the other 35% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in general education each year. UT Knoxville does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

Of the students who received a general education master's degree from UT Knoxville, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a master's in general education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Education Professors	690	$68,690

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.