2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Development Economics & International Development in the Far Western US Region
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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 Far Western US region, there were 139 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 0 development economics and international development graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Development Economics and International Development Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in development economics and international development. To top this list, a school must have a successful development economics and international development program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Most Well Attended Development Economics and International Development Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree development economics and international development students.
Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Development Economics & International Development in the Far Western US Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Development Economics and International Development Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified masters’s development economics and international development students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Development Economics and International Development Major in the Far Western US Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Hope International University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Fullerton, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s development economics and international development students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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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%.
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- *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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