2022 Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Economics Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 48,831 people earned their degree in economics, making the major the 18th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, economics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,295 and had an average of $21,978 in loans still to pay off.

Across Rhode Island, there were 391 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,067 and $22,333 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in economics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great economics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the economics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Economics (Income $30-$48k) in Rhode Island

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #1 spot on the list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s economics degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

Brown also made our “Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown University are $60,363, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Economics at Brown

#2

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

$29,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $30-$48k 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 economics degrees in 2019-2020.

URI also made our “Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rhode Island are $29,082.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Economics (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Economics (Income $30-$48k)

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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