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2023 Most Popular General Education Schools in Georgia

15 Colleges
$44,868 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education School for You

In 2020-2021, general education students earned 117 degrees and certificates from a Georgia school, making the subject the 9th in the state.

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.

The Most Popular General Education Schools in Georgia ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in Georgia to see which programs were the most popular for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Education program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular General Education Colleges.

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Georgia the most popular school in Georgia for general education students. UGA is a very large public school located in the city of Athens.

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#2

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

Out of the 15 schools in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Augusta University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Augusta, Augusta University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#3

Mercer University

Macon, GA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mercer University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular General Education Schools in Georgia list. Mercer is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Macon.

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#4

Piedmont College

Demorest, GA

Out of the 15 schools in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Piedmont College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Demorest, Piedmont College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Out of the 15 schools in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Clayton State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Clayton State University is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Morrow.

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Georgia State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general education programs. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public school with a very large student population.

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#7

LaGrange College

Lagrange, GA

LaGrange College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Education Schools in Georgia ranking. Located in the distant town of Lagrange, LaGrange is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Clark Atlanta University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Education Schools in Georgia ranking. Located in the city of Atlanta, CAU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#9

Morehouse College

Atlanta, GA

Morehouse College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for general education students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Atlanta, Morehouse is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Full General Education at Morehouse College Report

#9

Spelman College

Atlanta, GA

Spelman College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general education programs. Spelman is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.

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Best General Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

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 15 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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