2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Economics in Maryland

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Maryland, there were 1,417 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,757 and $22,018 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,340 and $104,765 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent economics programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Economics in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in College Park, Maryland, and it awarded 17 doctorate’s economics degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Economics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Economics at UMCP

#2

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Economics Schools for a Doctorate in Maryland list. This large school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s economics degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Johns Hopkins, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Economics Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins are $59,425, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Johns Hopkins 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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