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2023 Most Popular General Education Schools in Texas

42 Colleges
$47,850 Avg Salary
$22,429 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Education School for You

General Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Texas. With 1,639 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

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The Most Popular General Education Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 42 schools in Texas to see which ones were the most popular programs 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.

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the most popular school in Texas for general education students. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in Texas. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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The excellent programs at The University of Texas at Arlington helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in Texas. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Concordia University, Texas is a great place for general education students. Concordia University, Texas is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Lakeway.

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The excellent programs at Texas Woman’s University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in Texas. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular General Education Schools in Texas list. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

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Trinity Valley Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular General Education Schools in Texas list. Located in the distant town of Athens, TVCC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

On average, education graduates from TVCC take out $10,225 in student loans while working on their degree.

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With a ranking of #8, University of North Texas did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general education students. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#9

Schreiner University

Kerrville, TX

With a ranking of #9, Schreiner University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general education students. Schreiner University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Kerrville.

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Sul Ross State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for general education students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the town of Alpine, Sul Ross is a public school with a small student population.

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Best General Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 859
New Mexico 219
Oklahoma 234

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

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 25 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.

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