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2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Economics in Missouri

5 Ranked Colleges
68 Degrees Awarded
$34,200 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Economics Major in Missouri for a Master's

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 “Most Well Attended Economics Major in Missouri for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Economics is the 19th most popular major in the country with 49,055 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, economics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $48,736 and had an average of $22,046 in loans still to pay off.

Across Missouri, there were 425 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,422 and $19,672 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 68 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,301 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Economics Major in Missouri for a Master’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in economics. To top this list, a school must have a successful economics program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Economics Major in Missouri for a Master’s

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Economics Major in Missouri for a Master’s list. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s economics degrees to 32 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, Missouri

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Economics Major in Missouri for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Louis University is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 masters’s economics degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Economics Major in Missouri for a Master’s list. Located in Kansas City, Missouri, this fairly large public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s economics students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full University of Missouri - Kansas City Economics Report

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Economics Major in Missouri for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #4 spot on the list. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 5 masters’s economics degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Washington University in St Louis Economics Report

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - St Louis. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Economics Major in Missouri for a Master’s list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s economics students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full University of Missouri - St Louis Economics Report

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