2022 Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 General Economics Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 31,150 people earned their degree in general economics, making the major the 22nd most popular in the United States.

Across Connecticut, there were 785 general economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 general economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general economics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general economics program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Economics in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Economics Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s general economics students in 2019-2020.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576.

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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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