2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Managerial Economics in the Far Western US Region

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 Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 6,169 people earned their degree in business/managerial economics, making the major the 110th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, business/managerial economics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,084 and had an average of $21,728 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,456 business/managerial economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,008 and $22,149 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 business/managerial economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality business/managerial economics programs that also have a lower cost than 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 business/managerial economics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The managerial economics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region”.

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Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree managerial economics students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business/Managerial Economics in the Far Western US Region

#1

Mills College

Oakland, California

#1 in overall quality

$36,263 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$66,045 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mills College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Managerial Economics Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. Mills is a small school located in Oakland, California that handed out 28 masters’s managerial economics degrees in 2019-2020.

Mills also made our “Best Business/Managerial Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mills College are $36,263, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Business/Managerial Economics at Mills College

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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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