2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Economics in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Economics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Economics is the 29th most popular major in the country with 28,837 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 1,215 general economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 general economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Economics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general economics. That schools that top this list have a program in general economics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Economics Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree general economics students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Economics in the Plains States Region

1

Barton County Community College
Great Bend, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Barton County Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Economics Major in the Plains States Region. Barton Community College is a public institution located in Great Bend, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Barton County Community College General Economics Report

2

Western Nebraska Community College
Scottsbluff, Nebraska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Nebraska Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Economics Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and it awarded 0 associates’s general economics degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Economics at WNCC

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Economics

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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