2024 Best Economics Master's Degree Schools in Georgia

If you plan on getting your master's degree in economics, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #41 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Georgia to determine which ones were the best for economics students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 102 master's degrees in economics to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Economics School for Your Master's Degree

The economics master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on economics students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other economics students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt economics students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized economics related body.

Our complete 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Economics Master's Degree Schools in Georgia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in economics.

Top Georgia Schools for a Master's in Economics

1

Emory University
Atlanta, GA

34 Annual Graduates

Emory University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in economics. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in economics from Emory University

2

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Atlanta, GA

38 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus if you want to pursue a master's degree in economics. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in economics from Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

3

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

3 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in economics has to look into University of Georgia. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in economics from University of Georgia

4

Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA

25 Annual Graduates

$52,060 Median Starting Salary

Georgia State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in economics. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public university with a fairly large student population.

After graduating, economics master's recipients generally make about $52,060 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a master’s in economics from Georgia State University

Best Economics Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Economics Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	103
Virginia	182	89
North Carolina	178	148
Tennessee	166	56
Alabama	151	35
Kentucky	147	16
Louisiana	147	10
South Carolina	146	16
Mississippi	145	3
Arkansas	121	13

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Economics Related Rankings by Major

One of 13 majors within the Social Sciences area of study, Economics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Economics Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	74
Development Economics & International Development	26
Applied Economics	2

Majors Similar to Economics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
International Relations & National Security	61
Political Science & Government	37
Sociology	31
Other Social Sciences	25
Anthropology	24
Urban Studies	21
Geography & Cartography	13
General Social Sciences	10

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.