2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Development Economics & International Development in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Development Economics and International Development Major in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2021-2022, 535 people earned their degree in development economics & international development, making the major the 536th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 65 development economics & international development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 development economics & international development graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Development Economics and International Development Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in development economics & international development. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their development economics & international development program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Development Economics and International Development Major in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Development Economics and International Development Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Development Economics and International Development Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Development Economics & International Development in the Southeast Region

1

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Development Economics and International Development Major in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s development economics and international development degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Development Economics & International Development at University of Southern Mississippi

2

Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana

#21 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Development Economics and International Development Major in the Southeast Region list. Tulane University of Louisiana is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 23 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full Tulane Development Economics & International Development Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to pixabay.