2022 Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 23 development economics and international development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 development economics and international development graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality development economics and international development programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the development economics and international development program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Development Economics & International Development in the Southwest Region

#1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Las Cruces, New Mexico

#1 in overall quality

$18,275 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s development economics and international development students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Development Economics & International Development Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Development Economics & International Development at NMSU Main Campus

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Development Economics & International Development

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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