by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in North Dakota” ranking.
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 North Dakota, there were 41 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,653 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,120 and $27,473 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in North Dakota” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in North Dakota”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in North Dakota list. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school situated in Fargo, North Dakota. It awarded 14 bachelors’s economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in North Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the #2 spot on the list. University of North Dakota is a fairly large school located in Grand Forks, North Dakota that handed out 7 bachelors’s economics degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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 University of Mary. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Economics Major in North Dakota list. University of Mary is located in Bismarck, North Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s economics degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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