2024 Best Economics Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut

Economics is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #41 most popular master's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for economics students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 61 master's degrees in economics during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to economics students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of economics students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for economics to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized economics related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for economics students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Economics Schools

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 Economics Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Economics in Connecticut

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in economics.

Top Connecticut Schools for a Master's in Economics

1

Yale University
New Haven, CT

39 Annual Graduates

Yale University is a good option for students pursuing a master's degree in economics. Yale is a large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.More information about a master’s in economics from Yale University

2

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

22 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in economics has to check out University of Connecticut. UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Storrs.More information about a master’s in economics from University of Connecticut

Best Economics Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Economics Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	584
Rhode Island	127	19
New Hampshire	108	23
Vermont	91	6
Maine	90	9

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Rankings in Majors Related to Economics

Economics is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.

Economics Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	56
General Economics	5

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
International Relations & National Security	55
Political Science & Government	45
Sociology	14
Anthropology	9
Geography & Cartography	8

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to pixabay. More about our data sources and methodologies.