2022 Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

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Economics is the 18th most popular major in the country with 48,831 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in economics. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality economics programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

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

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Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Economics in Rhode Island (With Aid)

#1

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #1 spot on the list. Kingston, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s economics degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

URI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rhode Island are $29,082, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Economics at URI

#2

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s economics students in 2019-2020.

Brown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363.

Full Brown University Economics Report

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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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