by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Economics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Economics is the 19th most popular major in the country with 49,055 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, economics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,736 and had an average of $22,046 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 2,132 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,488 and $23,349 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Economics Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in economics. That schools that top this list have a program in economics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The 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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Economics Major in the Plains States Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree economics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Barton County Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Economics Major in the Plains States Region list. Barton Community College is a public institution located in Great Bend, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Nebraska Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Economics Major in the Plains States Region. Scottsbluff, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s economics degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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