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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in Mississippi” ranking - to help you make that 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 Mississippi, there were 63 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 49 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,502 and $27,577 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in Mississippi” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in economics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their economics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in Mississippi”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in Mississippi”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tougaloo College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in Mississippi. Tougaloo College is a small school located in Tougaloo, Mississippi that handed out 19 bachelors’s economics degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Millsaps College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in Mississippi. Millsaps is a private not-for-profit institution located in Jackson, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mississippi landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Mississippi is a large school located in University, Mississippi that handed out 11 bachelors’s economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in Mississippi list. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s economics degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in Mississippi. Mississippi State is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 6 bachelors’s economics degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
With a ranking of #6, Strayer University - Mississippi did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in Mississippi list. Located in Jackson, Mississippi, this small private for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s economics students in 2020-2021.
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