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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Economics in the Southwest Region

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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” 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. 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.

For this year’s “Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

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

#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 20 bachelors’s international economics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Texas Tech, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best International Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech University is $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree international economics students.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about International Economics at Texas Tech

#2

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 that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin College landed the #2 spot on the list. Austin College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sherman, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree international economics students list, Austin College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best International Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Austin College is $21,357 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree International Economics students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about International Economics at Austin College

#3

Trinity University

San Antonio, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity University landed the #3 spot on the list. Trinity University is a small school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 3 bachelors’s international economics degrees in 2019-2020.

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. It costs about $24,669 for southwest region bachelor’s degree international economics students per year to attend Trinity University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Trinity University International Economics Report

#4

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value International Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the #4 spot on the list. TCU is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 3 bachelors’s international economics degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree international economics students 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 per year to attend Texas Christian University.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, 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

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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