by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Most Well Attended International Economics Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 328 people earned their degree in international economics, making the major the 692nd most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 16 international economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 international economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended International Economics Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in international economics. To top this list, a school must have a successful international economics program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The international economics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended International Economics Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended International Economics Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended International Economics Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s international economics degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended International Economics Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Rhodes College landed the #2 spot on the list. Rhodes College is located in Memphis, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s international economics degrees to qualified students.
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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read full report on International Economics at Rhodes College
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended International Economics Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of West Georgia landed the #2 spot on the list. University of West Georgia is located in Carrollton, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s international economics degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on International Economics at University of West Georgia
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended International Economics Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Elon University landed the #4 spot on the list. Elon is located in Elon, North Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s international economics degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on International Economics at Elon University
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended International Economics Major in the Southeast Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Carson - Newman University landed the #4 spot on the list. Jefferson City, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s international economics degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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