2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Economics in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Applied Economics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 117 applied economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 applied economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Applied Economics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Applied Economics in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Applied Economics Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified doctorate’s applied economics 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 in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMN Twin Cities are $28,845, 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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