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2022 Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

4 Ranked Colleges
30 Degrees Awarded
$25,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in international economics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent international economics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the international economics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree international economics students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Economics in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s international economics degrees to qualified students.

Texas Tech also took the #3 spot in our “Best International Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech is $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree international economics students with aid.

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

Read more about International Economics at Texas Tech

#2

Austin College

Sherman, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Austin College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sherman, Texas. It awarded 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. It costs about $21,357 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree International Economics students with aid per year to attend Austin College.

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

#3

Trinity University

San Antonio, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Trinity University is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s international economics degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Trinity U, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best International Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Trinity University is $24,669 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree International Economics students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.

Full Trinity University International Economics Report

#4

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. TCU is located in Fort Worth, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s international economics degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree international economics students with aid list, TCU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best International Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $36,811 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree International Economics students with aid per year to attend TCU.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full TCU 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

Footnotes

  • *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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