2025 Best Development Economics & International Development Schools
17Colleges in the United States
535Development Economics and International Development Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in development economics & international development, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #536 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 17 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for development economics & international development students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 535 degrees in development economics & international development to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Development Economics & International Development School
The development economics and international development program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Development Economics & International Development rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for development economics & international development schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Development Economics & International Development Rankings by Degree Level
The development economics and international development school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Development Economics & International Development Schools.
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Best Schools for Development Economics & International Development in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the development economics and international development degrees they offer, see the list below.
10 Top Schools in Development Economics and International Development
35Development Economics and International Development Degrees Awarded
Cornell University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in development economics & international development. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were about 35 development economics & international development students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.
115Development Economics and International Development Degrees Awarded
University of California - Los Angeles is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in development economics & international development. UCLA is a very large public university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were about 115 development economics & international development students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available.
33Development Economics and International Development Degrees Awarded
Georgetown University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in development economics & international development. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Georgetown is a great university overall.
There were about 33 development economics & international development students who graduated with this degree at Georgetown in the most recent year we have data available.
Northeastern University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in development economics & international development. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Northeastern is a great university overall.
There were approximately 13 development economics & international development students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern in the most recent data year.
Williams is a small private not-for-profit college located in the fringe town of Williamstown. A Best Colleges rank of #90 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Williams is a great college overall.
There were roughly 27 development economics & international development students who graduated with this degree at Williams in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #61 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means The American University is a great university overall.
There were about 7 development economics & international development students who graduated with this degree at The American University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #95 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Tulane is a great university overall.
There were about 23 development economics & international development students who graduated with this degree at Tulane in the most recent year we have data available.
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Emory is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Atlanta. A Best Colleges rank of #31 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.
There were roughly 12 development economics & international development students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent data year.
Brandeis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Waltham. This university ranks 15th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 24 development economics & international development students who graduated with this degree at Brandeis in the most recent year we have data available.
UST MN is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Saint Paul. This university ranks 2nd out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 5 development economics & international development students who graduated with this degree at UST MN in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The development economics and international development program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Development Economics & International Development rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for development economics & international development schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
