2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics in the Southeast Region

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Philosophy, Politics, and Economics is the 342nd most popular major in the country with 97 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 4 philosophy, politics, and economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 philosophy, politics, and economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in philosophy, politics, and economics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their philosophy, politics, and economics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree philosophy, politics, and economics students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics in the Southeast Region

1

Transylvania University
Lexington, Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Transylvania University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s philosophy, politics, and economics degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 more about Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Transylvania

2

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Wake Forest, North Carolina

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary landed the #2 spot on the list. SEBTS is located in Wake Forest, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s philosophy, politics, and economics degrees to qualified students.

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• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.