2022 Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 6,169 people earned their degree in business/managerial economics, making the major the 110th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, business/managerial economics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,084 and had an average of $21,728 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 329 business/managerial economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,150 and $19,704 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 business/managerial economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent business/managerial economics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the business/managerial economics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Managerial Economics in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$15,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wichita State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Wichita, Kansas, and it awarded 9 masters’s managerial economics degrees in 2019-2020.

WSU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Business/Managerial Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WSU are $15,112, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Business/Managerial Economics at WSU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Managerial Economics (With Aid)

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

• *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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