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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Georgia” 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 Georgia, there were 635 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,414 and $23,740 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 90 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,988 and $43,995 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Georgia” ranking looked at 3 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.

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 Georgia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Georgia.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Economics in Georgia

#1

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

Atlanta, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$31,334 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Georgia. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school awarded 22 degrees to qualified masters’s economics students in 2019-2020.

Georgia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Tech are $31,334, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

#3 in overall quality

$24,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$55,286 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Georgia. Georgia State University is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 38 masters’s economics degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State are $24,790, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$44,676 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Emory University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Georgia. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 21 masters’s economics degrees in 2019-2020.

Emory did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Emory University are $44,676, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Economics at Emory

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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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