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2023 Best General Education Master's Degree Schools in New York

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$50,291 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education Master's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, general education was ranked 7th in New York. In fact, 604 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best General Education Master's Degree Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 10 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for teaching students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best General Education Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best General Education Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Bank Street College of Education the best school in New York for general education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of New York, Bank Street College of Education is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#2

Manhattanville College

Purchase, NY

The excellent master’s degree programs at Manhattanville College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in New York. Located in the large suburb of Purchase, Manhattanville is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#3

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY

The excellent master’s degree programs at Binghamton University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in New York. Binghamton University is a large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Vestal.

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#4

Canisius College

Buffalo, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Canisius College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the large city of Buffalo, Canisius is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#5

Nazareth College

Rochester, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nazareth College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the suburb of Rochester, Nazareth is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#6

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

University at Buffalo did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. University at Buffalo is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Buffalo.

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#7

University at Albany

Albany, NY

University at Albany came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York ranking. Located in the small city of Albany, UAlbany is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#8

Le Moyne College

Syracuse, NY

Le Moyne College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York ranking. LeMoyne is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Syracuse.

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#9

Adelphi University

Garden City, NY

Adelphi University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the suburb of Garden City, Adelphi is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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#10

Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry, NY

Mercy College ranked #10 on this year’s Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the suburb of Dobbs Ferry, Mercy is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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Best General Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best General Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 702
Pennsylvania 1,014
Maryland 1,286
District of Columbia 79
Delaware 134

General Education is one of 14 different types of teaching programs to choose from.

Education Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Education 29,810

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 10 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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