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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Political Economy Major in California

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Political Economy Major in California

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Political Economy Major in California” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2021-2022, 336 people earned their degree in political economy, making the major the 665th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 29 political economy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 political economy graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,904 and $19,503 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Political Economy Major in California” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in political economy. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in political economy.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Political Economy Major in California

The colleges and universities below are the best for california bachelor’s degree political economy students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Political Economy in California

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Political Economy Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s political economy degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Pitzer College
Claremont, California

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Political Economy Major in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Pitzer College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Claremont, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s political economy students 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

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