2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Development Economics & International Development in the Plains States Region

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In 2020-2021, 593 people earned their degree in development economics and international development, making the major the 536th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 25 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 14 development economics and international development graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Development Economics and International Development Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in development economics and international development. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their development economics and international development program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Development Economics and International Development Major in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Development Economics and International Development Major in the Plains States Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Development Economics & International Development in the Plains States Region

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Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Winona, Minnesota

Top 20% overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Development Economics and International Development Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota landed the #1 spot on the list. Winona, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s development economics and international development degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Development Economics & International Development at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

Top 15% overall quality in Plains States

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Development Economics and International Development Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 2 masters’s development economics and international development degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.

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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

• *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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