by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 550 people earned their degree in applied economics, making the major the 534th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 51 applied economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 applied economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in applied economics. That schools that top this list have a program in applied economics in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree applied economics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University at Montgomery. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. Auburn University at Montgomery is a medium-sized public school situated in Montgomery, Alabama. It awarded 2 masters’s applied economics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the Southeast Region list. Florida State is a large public school situated in Tallahassee, Florida. It awarded 22 masters’s applied economics degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Southern University landed the #3 spot on the list. Georgia Southern University is located in Statesboro, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 masters’s applied economics degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the #4 spot on the list. WKU is a fairly large school located in Bowling Green, Kentucky that handed out 0 masters’s applied economics degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.
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