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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Development Economics & International Development in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

4 Ranked Colleges
153 Degrees Awarded
$27,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

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In 2019-2020, 595 people earned their degree in development economics and international development, making the major the 529th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 153 development economics and international development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 153 development economics and international development graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in development economics and international development. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent development economics and international development programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the development economics and international development program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Development Economics & International Development in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#1

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the #1 spot on the list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s development economics and international development degrees to 128 students in 2019-2020.

UCLA also made our “Best Development Economics & International Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $14,279 for far western us region bachelor’s degree development economics and international development students with aid per year to attend University of California - Los Angeles.

The low student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Development Economics & International Development at University of California - Los Angeles

#2

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, Washington
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle Pacific University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s development economics and international development degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SPU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Development Economics & International Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Seattle Pacific University is $26,505 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Development Economics and International Development students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.

Full Seattle Pacific University Development Economics & International Development Report

#3

Point Loma Nazarene University

San Diego, California
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Point Loma Nazarene University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. Point Loma Nazarene University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Diego, California. It awarded 7 bachelors’s development economics and international development degrees in 2019-2020.

PLNU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Development Economics & International Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $33,044 for far western us region bachelor’s degree development economics and international development students with aid per year to attend PLNU.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 Development Economics & International Development at PLNU

#4

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of San Francisco. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. University of San Francisco is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 1 bachelors’s development economics and international development degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USFCA, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Development Economics & International Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of San Francisco is $36,424 for far western us region bachelor’s degree development economics and international development students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Development Economics & International Development at USFCA

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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