by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Economics Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 “Most Well Attended Economics Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in economics. To top this list, a school must have a successful economics program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Economics Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi bachelor’s degree economics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tougaloo College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Economics Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Tougaloo, Mississippi, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s economics degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Economics Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s list. Ole Miss is a public institution located in University, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Millsaps College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Economics Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s. Millsaps is a small school located in Jackson, Mississippi that handed out 8 bachelors’s economics degrees in 2020-2021.
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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Economics Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, this large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s economics students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Economics Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s list. Southern Miss is a public institution located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Strayer University - Mississippi ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Economics Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s list. Strayer University - Mississippi is a small school located in Jackson, Mississippi that handed out 0 bachelors’s economics degrees in 2020-2021.
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