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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Development Economics and International Development Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 12 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 5 development economics and international development graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Development Economics and International Development Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in development economics and international development. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular development economics and international development programs in the United States.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest 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 Southwest Region

1

University of St. Thomas
Houston, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St. Thomas. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Development Economics and International Development Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s development economics and international development degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.

Full UST Development Economics & International Development Report

2

Trinity University
San Antonio, Texas

Top 15% overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Development Economics and International Development Major in the Southwest Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity University landed the #2 spot on the list. Trinity University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 0 bachelors’s development economics and international development degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Read more about Development Economics & International Development at Trinity University

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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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