by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 618 people earned their degree in applied economics, making the major the 534th most popular in the United States.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 239 applied economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 applied economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in applied economics. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in applied economics.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree applied economics students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Buffalo State. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Buffalo, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s applied economics students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s applied economics degrees to 24 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. University at Buffalo is a public institution located in Buffalo, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s applied economics degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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