2021 Best Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Texas
9Colleges
1,491Bachelor's Degrees
$35,052Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students
In <nil>, 1,491 bachelor's degrees were awarded to economics students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #23 most popular major in the state. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 3.9% of all the economics bachelor's degrees in the country.
For this year's Best Economics Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Texas ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a bachelor's in economics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality economics programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the economics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Texas
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Best Economics Schools for Non-Traditional Students
The University of Texas at Austin has taken the #1 spot in this year's economics ranking for non-traditional students. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UT Austin has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Economics in Texas ranking.
The student loan default rate at UT Austin is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 23,198 students at UT Austin that take at least one class online. 3,479 students are part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Texas A&M University - College Station. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Texas A&M College Station has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Economics in Texas ranking.
About 0.6% of Texas A&M College Station students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 24,343 students at Texas A&M College Station that take at least one class online. There are roughly 9,943 part time students in attendance at Texas A&M College Station.
Southern Methodist University comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas. SMU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Economics in Texas list.
About 1.1% of SMU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 912 students at SMU are exclusively online. There are roughly 3,019 part time students in attendance at SMU.
The University of Texas at Arlington earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.
About 1.4% of UT Arlington students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 17,309 students at UT Arlington are exclusively online. About 22,217 of the students at UT Arlington are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Houston as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a very large student population. UH also made our Best Colleges for Economics in Texas list, coming in at #8.
The student loan default rate at UH is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 26,121 students at UH that take at least one class online. 13,663 of UH students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize The University of Texas at Dallas as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the medium-sized city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a very large student population. UT Dallas also made our Best Colleges for Economics in Texas list, coming in at #7.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. There are approximately 10,632 students at UT Dallas that take at least one class online. 5,977 students are part time.
Texas Tech University landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best economics schools for non-traditional students. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
About 1.4% of Texas Tech students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 22,394 students at Texas Tech that take at least one class online. There are roughly 7,077 part time students in attendance at Texas Tech.
University of North Texas comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.8%. There are approximately 20,194 students at UNT that take at least one class online. 12,105 students are part time.
Texas Christian University earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. TCU also made our Best Colleges for Economics in Texas list, coming in at #6.
About 1.5% of TCU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 218 students at TCU are exclusively online. 317 of TCU students are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Economics
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 9 schools only.
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 the rest 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).
In <nil>, 1,491 bachelor's degrees were awarded to economics students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #23 most popular major in the state. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 3.9% of all the economics bachelor's degrees in the country.
