Best colleges with General Studies degrees
There are 1184 colleges in the U.S. where you can study and earn a degree in general studies. These are the top ranked colleges offering majors in general studies based on the CollegeSimply ranking methodology. The average net price to attend these colleges is $18,081 per year. Oxnard College offers the cheapest general studies degree with an average net price of $1,085 annually.
Elmira College
- Private 4 Year
- Elmira, NY
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5.0 | 1 reviews
Elmira is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate nursing and education. Most undergrads live on a compact residential campus in the small city of Elmira.
- SAT Range 1090-1385
- Avg GPA 3.22
- Acceptance Rate 77%
- Net Price $23,682
Mohawk Valley Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Utica, NY
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MVCC is a public community college known for nursing, health sciences, and engineering technology. Students attend campuses in Utica and nearby Rome in central New York.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.64
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,312
Monroe Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Rochester, NY
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MCC is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and business. The main campus is in the Rochester suburb of Brighton.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,284
Russell Sage College
- Private 4 Year
- Troy, NY
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Russell Sage is a private college known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and education. The urban campus occupies historic buildings in downtown Troy.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Acceptance Rate 53%
- Net Price $21,046
Schenectady County Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Schenectady, NY
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3.5 | 2 reviews
A public community college known for undergraduate culinary arts and music. The urban campus is located in Schenectady in New York's Capital Region.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $8,872
SUNY College at Potsdam
- Public 4 Year
- Potsdam, NY
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SUNY Potsdam is a public college known for undergraduate music through the Crane School of Music and for teacher education. The campus sits in the small North Country college town of Potsdam.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Acceptance Rate 78%
- Net Price $13,730
Empire State University
- Public 4 Year
- Saratoga Springs, NY
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Empire State is a public SUNY university known for flexible, individualized undergraduate degree programs and online study. Based in Saratoga Springs, it primarily serves adult and nontraditional students through distance learning rather than a residential campus.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $11,659
United States Military Academy
- Public 4 Year
- West Point, New York
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- Jan 31 application deadline
West Point is a highly selective federal service academy known for undergraduate engineering and leadership training. Cadets live under a structured military regimen on the historic campus overlooking the Hudson River.
- SAT Range 1200-1430
- Avg GPA 4.0
- Acceptance Rate 12%
- Net Price -
Bennett College
- Private 4 Year
- Greensboro, NC
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Bennett is a private historically Black women's college known for undergraduate education, social work, and the liberal arts. The small residential campus in Greensboro is one of only two remaining HBCUs dedicated exclusively to women.
- SAT Range 820-1060
- Predicted Avg GPA 2.74
- Acceptance Rate 51%
- Net Price $26,990
Brevard College
- Private 4 Year
- Brevard, NC
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Brevard is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate wilderness leadership and environmental studies. The campus sits in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Pisgah National Forest.
- SAT Range 870-1220
- Avg GPA 3.07
- Acceptance Rate 42%
- Net Price $26,930
Chowan University
- Private 4 Year
- Murfreesboro, NC
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3.0 | 3 reviews
Chowan is a small private Baptist university with undergraduate programs in education and business. Students live on a residential campus in the small town of Murfreesboro.
- SAT Range 880-1145
- Avg GPA 2.89
- Acceptance Rate 69%
- Net Price $15,206
Lees McRae College
- Private 4 Year
- Banner Elk, NC
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Lees-McRae is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate outdoor recreation management and wildlife biology. The campus sits high in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina.
- SAT Range 1040-1240
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 77%
- Net Price $29,833
Pfeiffer University
- Private 4 Year
- Misenheimer, NC
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- Aug 15 application deadline
Pfeiffer is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The United Methodist-affiliated campus sits in the small community of Misenheimer in North Carolina's Piedmont.
- SAT Range 891-1165
- Avg GPA 3.18
- Acceptance Rate 96%
- Net Price $19,660
Salem College
- Private 4 Year
- Winston-Salem, NC
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5.0 | 2 reviews
Salem is a private women's liberal arts college known for undergraduate music and the sciences. The historic campus adjoins the Old Salem Moravian district in Winston-Salem.
- SAT Range 1066-1243
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Acceptance Rate 77%
- Net Price $18,668
St. Andrews University
- Private 4 Year
- Laurinburg, NC
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St. Andrews is a small private university known for undergraduate equestrian studies and the liberal arts. Most students live on the residential campus in the small town of Laurinburg.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.13
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $29,474
Warren Wilson College
- Private 4 Year
- Swannanoa, NC
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- Jul 3 application deadline
Warren Wilson is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate environmental studies and sustainability. Most undergrads take part in a required work-college program on a mountain campus that includes a working farm.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.6
- Acceptance Rate 71%
- Net Price $26,084
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College
- Public 2 Year
- New Town, ND
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Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College is a tribal college of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation known for undergraduate elementary education and Native American studies. Most students attend the Fort Berthold Reservation campus near Lake Sakakawea.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $5,846
North Dakota State College of Science
- Public 2 Year
- Wahpeton, ND
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NDSCS is a public two-year technical college known for undergraduate diesel technology, automotive technology, and nursing. The residential campus sits in the small town of Wahpeton near the Minnesota border.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $10,794