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2023 Best General Education Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best General Education Basic Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 29,810 general education students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #5 most popular in the country.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best General Education Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best basic certificate programs for teaching students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best General Education Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best General Education Basic Certificate Colleges.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in General Education

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - Madison to be the best school for general education students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Great Lakes Region . UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Purdue University - Main Campus is a great place for general education students working on their basic certificate. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at University of Wisconsin - Stout helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the distant town of Menomonie, UW - Stout is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Green Bay, UW - Green Bay is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Best General Education Colleges by State

Explore the best general education colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 706
Illinois 453
Indiana 502
Michigan 700
Wisconsin 515

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Education Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Education 29,810

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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