2023 Most Well Attended Development Economics and International Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s

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

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 118 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 $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Development Economics and International Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in development economics and international development. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in development economics and international development.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Development Economics and International Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree development economics and international development students.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Development Economics & International Development in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Houghton College
Houghton, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houghton College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Development Economics and International Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. Houghton College is a small school located in Houghton, New York that handed out 4 bachelors’s development economics and international development degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Houghton College Development Economics & International Development Report

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Messiah University
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Messiah University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Development Economics and International Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s. Messiah University is a small school located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania that handed out 0 bachelors’s development economics and international development degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Development Economics & International Development at Messiah

• Most Popular Bachelor’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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