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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Development Economics & International Development in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

4 Ranked Colleges
38 Degrees Awarded
$27,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 595 people earned their degree in development economics and international development, making the major the 529th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 70 development economics and international development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 38 development economics and international development graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in development economics and international development. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent development economics and international development programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the development economics and international development program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree development economics and international development students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Development Economics & International Development in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Richmond landed the #1 spot on the list. URichmond is a small school located in University of Richmond, Virginia that handed out 1 bachelors’s development economics and international development degrees in 2019-2020.

URichmond not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Development Economics & International Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend URichmond is $25,838 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Development Economics and International Development students with aid.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#2

Stetson University

DeLand, Florida
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stetson University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. DeLand, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s development economics and international development degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Stetson, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Development Economics & International Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $23,568 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Development Economics and International Development students with aid per year to attend Stetson University.

The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.

Read more about Development Economics & International Development at Stetson

#3

Covenant College

Lookout Mountain, Georgia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Covenant College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s development economics and international development students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree development economics and international development students with aid list, Covenant has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Development Economics & International Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Covenant College is $23,413 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Development Economics and International Development students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.

Read more about Development Economics & International Development at Covenant

#4

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tulane University of Louisiana. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Development Economics and International Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Tulane University of Louisiana is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 29 bachelors’s development economics and international development degrees to qualified students.

Tulane also took the #2 spot in our “Best Development Economics & International Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tulane is $37,841 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Development Economics and International Development students with aid.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Development Economics & International Development at Tulane

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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%.

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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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