by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in Idaho” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 49,055 people earned their degree in economics, making the major the 19th most popular in the United States. 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 Idaho, there were 63 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $26,540 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,020 and $24,050 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in Idaho” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in economics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in economics.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in Idaho” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in Idaho”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Pocatello, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s economics degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Moscow, Idaho, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in Idaho list. Located in Rexburg, Idaho, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 19 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s economics students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Boise State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Boise State University is a large school located in Boise, Idaho that handed out 14 bachelors’s economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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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