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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Development Economics & International Development in the Southeast Region

4 Ranked Colleges
38 Degrees Awarded
$27,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking.

Development Economics & International Development is the 529th most popular major in the country with 595 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 70 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 38 development economics and international development graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in development economics and international development. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great development economics and international development programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Development Economics & International Development in the Southeast Region

#1

Covenant College

Lookout Mountain, Georgia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Covenant College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s development economics and international development students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree development economics and international development students list, Covenant has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Development Economics & International Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Covenant is $23,413 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Development Economics and International Development students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.

Read full report on Development Economics & International Development at Covenant

#2

Stetson University

DeLand, Florida
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stetson University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in DeLand, Florida, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s development economics and international development degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree development economics and international development students list, Stetson has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Development Economics & International Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Stetson University is $23,568 for southeast region bachelor’s degree development economics and international development students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Development Economics & International Development at Stetson

#3

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Richmond. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. URichmond is a small private not-for-profit school situated in University of Richmond, Virginia. It awarded 1 bachelors’s development economics and international development degrees in 2019-2020.

URichmond also took the #1 spot in our “Best Development Economics & International Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $25,838 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Development Economics and International Development students per year to attend URichmond.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Richmond Development Economics & International Development Report

#4

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Tulane is a fairly large school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 29 bachelors’s development economics and international development degrees in 2019-2020.

Tulane also made our “Best Development Economics & International Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $37,841 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Development Economics and International Development students per year to attend Tulane University of Louisiana.

The impressive 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. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Tulane University of Louisiana Development Economics & International Development Report

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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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