2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Development Economics and International Development Major in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Development Economics and International Development Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Development Economics & International Development is the 536th most popular major in the country with 593 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 98 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 11 development economics and international development graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Development Economics and International Development Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in development economics and international development. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in development economics and international development.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Development Economics and International Development Major in the Southeast Region

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

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Development Economics & International Development in the Southeast Region

1

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Development Economics and International Development Major in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s development economics and international development degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Development Economics & International Development at University of Southern Mississippi

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Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana

#21 overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Development Economics and International Development Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s development economics and international development degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Full Tulane Development Economics & International Development Report

• Most Focused 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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