2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the New England Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 New England 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 New England region, there were 23 applied economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 applied economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in applied economics. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their applied economics program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the New England Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Applied Economics in the New England Region

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University of Massachusetts - Boston
Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the New England Region list. This fairly large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 7 masters’s applied economics degrees in 2020-2021.

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University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Applied Economics Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Kingston, Rhode Island, and it awarded 2 masters’s applied economics degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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