2022 Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general economics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Economics in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$32,341 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Getting Aid. This large school is located in Amherst, Massachusetts, and it awarded 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 University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341.

Full UMass Amherst General Economics Report

#2

Clark University

Worcester, Massachusetts

$47,730 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clark University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Clark is a small school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 6 masters’s general economics degrees in 2019-2020.

Clark also made our “Best General Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #0. 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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