by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Economics Major in Utah” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Economics is the 29th most popular major in the country with 25,066 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Utah, there were 606 general economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 585 general economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,020 and $20,392 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Economics Major in Utah” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general economics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general economics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Economics Major in Utah”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Economics Major in Utah list. Utah State University is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 391 bachelors’s general economics degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Economics Major in Utah. BYU is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 145 bachelors’s general economics degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Westminster College Utah. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Economics Major in Utah. Westminster College Utah is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s general economics degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. 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. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Utah University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Economics Major in Utah list. Southern Utah University is a fairly large school located in Cedar City, Utah that handed out 27 bachelors’s general economics degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Economics Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Weber State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Ogden, Utah, this large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general economics students in 2021-2022.
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%.
Utah Valley University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Economics Major in Utah list. Orem, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general economics degrees to 13 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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