2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Development Economics & International Development in Minnesota

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Minnesota, there were 17 development economics and international development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 development economics and international development graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,396 and $40,953 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Development Economics & International Development in Minnesota

#1

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Winona, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$10,260 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Master’s in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Winona, Minnesota. It awarded 13 masters’s development economics and international development degrees in 2019-2020.

SMU MN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Development Economics & International Development Master’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMU MN are $10,260, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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