2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the New England Region
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In 2021-2022, 550 people earned their degree in applied economics, making the major the 534th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 15 applied economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 applied economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,593 and $42,781 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in applied economics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in applied economics.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the New England Region”.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied Economics in the New England Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this fairly large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s applied economics students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Kingston, Rhode Island, this fairly large public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s applied economics students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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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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%.
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- *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.
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