2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Economics

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Applied Economics Schools for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Applied Economics is the 497th most popular major in the country with 652 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 applied economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Applied Economics Schools for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in applied economics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent applied 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 applied economics program at the school. 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 Applied Economics Schools for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Applied Economics Schools for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree applied economics students.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Economics

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Applied Economics Schools for a Doctorate. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s applied economics degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Applied Economics Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Twin Cities are $28,845, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Applied Economics at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Applied Economics Schools for a Doctorate list. Oregon State University is a large school located in Corvallis, Oregon that handed out 5 doctorate’s applied economics degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree applied economics students list, Oregon State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Applied Economics Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State University are $28,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Oregon State Applied Economics Report

#3

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

#3 in overall quality

$29,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Applied Economics Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Rhode Island is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s applied economics degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree applied economics students list, URI has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Applied Economics Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at URI are $29,082, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Rhode Island Applied Economics Report

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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