2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Economics Major
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Ranked Colleges
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Economics Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Economics is the 687th most popular major in the country with 315 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 other economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,260 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Economics Major” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in other economics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other economics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Economics Major
The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree other economics students.
Top 7 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Economics
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Teachers College at Columbia University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Economics Major. Teachers College is located in New York, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 doctorate’s other economics degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Economics Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Newark, Delaware, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s other economics students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Irvine. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Economics Major. UC Irvine is a large school located in Irvine, California that handed out 1 doctorate’s other economics degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - San Diego. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Economics Major. This large school is located in La Jolla, California, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s other economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Suffolk University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Economics Major. Suffolk University is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 0 doctorate’s other economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Economics Major list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s other economics students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Economics Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Troy, New York, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s other economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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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
- *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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