by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Economics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Other Economics is the 687th most popular major in the country with 315 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 22 other economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 other economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Economics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in other economics. That schools that top this list have a program in other economics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Economics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree other economics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Augsburg University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Economics Major in the Plains States Region list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other economics degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Economics Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Duluth landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Duluth is a medium-sized school located in Duluth, Minnesota that handed out 5 bachelors’s other economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Other Economics Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #3 spot on the list. Drake is a small school located in Des Moines, Iowa that handed out 2 bachelors’s other economics 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 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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