2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Economics in Washington

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Washington” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Washington, there were 730 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,614 and $20,320 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Washington” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in economics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent economics programs, but they also cost less that 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Washington” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington master’s degree economics students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Economics in Washington

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$27,561 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Washington. Wazzu is a large school located in Pullman, Washington that handed out 15 masters’s economics degrees in 2019-2020.

Wazzu also took the #2 spot in our “Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington State University are $27,561, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Economics at Washington State University

#2

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Washington list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s economics degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Washington - Seattle Campus are $30,294, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus 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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