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2022 Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k

2 Ranked Colleges
30 Degrees Awarded
$40,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master's in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 31,150 people earned their degree in general economics, making the major the 22nd most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 1,267 general economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 general economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general economics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general 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 general economics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Economics (Income $48-$75k) in Massachusetts

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Massachusetts Amherst is a large school located in Amherst, Massachusetts that handed out 24 masters’s general economics degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Amherst are $32,341.

Full University of Massachusetts Amherst General Economics Report

#2

Clark University

Worcester, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clark University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $48-$75k. Clark University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 6 masters’s general economics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Clark, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best General Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clark are $47,730, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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