by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Business Economics is the 130th most popular major in the country with 5,667 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 196 business economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 132 business economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in business economics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their business economics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Pueblo, Colorado, this medium-sized public school handed out 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s business economics students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Business Economics at Colorado State University - Pueblo
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Westminster College Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s business economics degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Business Economics at Westminster College Salt Lake
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Nazarene University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Nampa, Idaho, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s business economics students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Northwest Nazarene University Business Economics Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of I is located in Moscow, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s business economics degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 52 degrees to qualified bachelors’s business economics students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Wyoming ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Wyoming is a fairly large school located in Laramie, Wyoming that handed out 7 bachelors’s business economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Boise State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Boise State is a large school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 10 bachelors’s business economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Business Economics at Boise State University
With a ranking of #8, Weber State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Ogden, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s business economics degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Business Economics at Weber State University
With a ranking of #9, University of Denver did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Business Economics Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s business economics degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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