by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Economics Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
International Economics is the 692nd most popular major in the country with 328 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southwest region, there were 29 international economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 international economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Economics Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 4 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree international economics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Economics Major in the Southwest Region list. Austin College is a small school located in Sherman, Texas that handed out 4 bachelors’s international economics degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Economics Major in the Southwest Region. Trinity University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 4 bachelors’s international economics degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Economics Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #3 spot on the list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s international economics degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on International Economics Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Fort Worth, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s international economics degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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