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2022 Best Value International Economics Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value International Economics Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

International Economics is the 661st most popular major in the country with 335 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 30 international economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value International Economics Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value International Economics Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Economics Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

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

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value International Economics Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Texas Tech University is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 20 ’s international economics degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best International Economics Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $17,571 for Southwest Region International Economics students with aid per year to attend Texas Tech.

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

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#2

Austin College

Sherman, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value International Economics Schools 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 ’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 Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Austin College is $21,357 for Southwest Region International Economics students with aid.

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%.

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#3

Trinity University

San Antonio, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value International Economics Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s international economics degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Trinity U also took the #1 spot in our “Best International Economics Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Trinity U is $24,669 for Southwest Region International Economics students with aid.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#4

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas

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 in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 3 ’s international economics degrees in 2019-2020.

TCU also took the #2 spot in our “Best International Economics Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Christian University is $36,811 for Southwest Region International Economics students with aid.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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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