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2023 Most Popular Online General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

3 Colleges
$21,881 Avg Salary
$12,730 Avg Student Debt

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. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular online associate degree programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for education majors pursuing an online associate degree.

Our analysis found Highland Community College to be the most popular school for general education students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the Plains States Region . Highland Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Highland.

Women make up 52% of the education majors at the school.

Read full report on General Education at Highland Community College

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Barton County Community College is a great place for general education students working on their online associate degree. Located in the rural area of Great Bend, Barton Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 92% of the education majors at the school.

Full General Education at Barton County Community College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online General Education Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Northeast is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Norfolk.

Read full report on General Education at Northeast Community College

Explore the most popular online general education schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 493
Kansas 373
Minnesota 2,028
Iowa 226
South Dakota 88
North Dakota 24
Nebraska 59

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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 3 schools 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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