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2022 Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
30 Degrees Awarded
$15,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 335 people earned their degree in international economics, making the major the 661st most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 30 international economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 international economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in international economics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great international economics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the international economics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Economics (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Trinity University

San Antonio, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s international economics students in 2019-2020.

Trinity U also made our “Best International Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Trinity U is $12,373 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree International Economics students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about International Economics at Trinity University

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this large public school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s international economics students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best International Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,317 for southwest region bachelor’s degree international economics students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas Tech.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full Texas Tech International Economics Report

#3

Austin College

Sherman, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin College landed the #3 spot on the list. Austin College is a small school located in Sherman, Texas that handed out 4 bachelors’s international economics degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best International Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Austin College is $16,598 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree International Economics students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.

Read more about International Economics at Austin College

#4

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s international economics students in 2019-2020.

TCU also took the #2 spot in our “Best International Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $21,286 for southwest region bachelor’s degree international economics students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas Christian University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas Christian University International Economics Report

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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

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  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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