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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Connecticut” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Connecticut, there were 1,207 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,371 and $22,402 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 105 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the economics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

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

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

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. This large school is located in Storrs, Connecticut, and it awarded 33 masters’s economics degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Economics at UCONN

#2

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$44,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Yale University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut. Yale University is a fairly large school located in New Haven, Connecticut that handed out 72 masters’s economics degrees in 2019-2020.

Yale also took the #1 spot in our “Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale University are $44,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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