2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Business Economics (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Business Economics Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 6,169 people earned their degree in business economics, making the major the 121st most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 49 business economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality business economics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the business economics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Business Economics Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree business economics students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Business Economics (With Aid)

#1

Weber State University

Ogden, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$11,968 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Business Economics Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Weber State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ogden, Utah, this large public school awarded 47 diplomas to qualified associates’s business economics students in 2019-2020.

WSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Business Economics Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend WSU is $11,968 for Associate Degree Business Economics students with aid.

Read more about Business Economics at WSU

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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