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2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the Southeast Region

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the Southeast Region

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In 2020-2021, 618 people earned their degree in applied economics, making the major the 534th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 56 applied economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 applied economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their applied economics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree applied economics students.

Top 1 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Economics in the Southeast Region

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the Southeast Region. Vanderbilt is a fairly large school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 2 doctorate’s applied economics degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.

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