2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Economics in Nevada (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Nevada For Those Getting Aid” 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 Nevada, there were 154 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,700 and $22,491 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $84,833 and $191,671 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great economics programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Nevada For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Nevada For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Economics in Nevada (With Aid)

#1

University of Nevada - Reno

Reno, Nevada

#1 in overall quality

$21,971 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Reno. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Nevada For Those Getting Aid. Located in Reno, Nevada, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s economics students in 2019-2020.

UNR also made our “Best Economics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Nevada” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNR are $21,971, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Economics at University of Nevada - Reno

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Economics in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for 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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