2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Economics (Income Over $110k) in Maryland

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Economics Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Economics is the 18th most popular major in the country with 48,831 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, economics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,295 and had an average of $21,978 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maryland, there were 1,417 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,757 and $22,018 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 338 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Economics Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in economics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent economics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the economics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Vallue Economics Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Economics Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Economics (Income Over $110k) in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Economics Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school awarded 59 diplomas to qualified masters’s economics students in 2019-2020.

UMCP also took the #2 spot in our “Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UMCP Economics Report

#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$100,951 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Economics Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making Over $110k list. Johns Hopkins is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 278 masters’s economics degrees to qualified students.

Johns Hopkins did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins are $59,425, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Economics at Johns Hopkins

#3

University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Baltimore, Maryland

$21,078 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Vallue Economics Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making Over $110k list. University of Maryland - Baltimore County is a fairly large public school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 1 masters’s economics degrees in 2019-2020.

UMBC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMBC are $21,078, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UMBC Economics Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Economics (Income Over $110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Economics (Income Over $110k)

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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