2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Economics in District of Columbia

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International Economics is the 692nd most popular major in the country with 328 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across District of Columbia, there were 60 international economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 41 international economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,584 and $27,317 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Economics Major in District of Columbia” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in international economics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their international economics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Economics Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree international economics students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for International Economics in District of Columbia

1

Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

#1 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Economics Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Georgetown is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 36 bachelors’s international economics degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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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2

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Economics Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the #2 spot on the list. Catholic University of America is a medium-sized school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 5 bachelors’s international economics degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on International Economics at CUA

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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

• *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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