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2023 Best Value General Education Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$25,400 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value General Education Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Check out the education basic certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best General Education Basic Certificate School

#1

Campbellsville University

Campbellsville, KY

Our 2023 rankings named Campbellsville University the best value school in the Southeast Region for general education students working on their basic certificate. Campbellsville University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Campbellsville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Campbellsville University are $25,400 per year.

Read full report on General Education at Campbellsville University

Best General Education Colleges by State

Explore the best general education schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kentucky 95
Tennessee 605
North Carolina 255
Georgia 117
Florida 622
Virginia 918
West Virginia 301
South Carolina 352
Arkansas 133
Louisiana 116
Mississippi 407
Alabama 115

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 values are for the top school only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KOKUYO.

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