2023 Best Value Economics Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
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Finding the Best Economics Master's Degree School for You
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The Best Value Economics Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 35 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for economics students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Check out the economics master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Economics Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found University of Virginia - Main Campus to be the best value school for economics students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southeast Region . University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Charlottesville.
University of Virginia graduate students pay an average of $33,520 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Virginia also took the #3 spot in our Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region rankings.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public college with a fairly large student population.
USF Tampa graduate students pay an average of $21,126 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Charlotte are $21,147 per year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Clemson University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value economics schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the large suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Clemson graduate students pay an average of $23,246 in tuition and fees each year.
Clemson also claimed a spot on our Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
Out of the 35 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Atlanta.
Georgia Tech graduate students pay an average of $31,334 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Georgia Tech is ranked #2 for overall quality for economics in the Southeast Region .
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Duke University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Duke graduate students pay an average of $59,141 in tuition and fees each year.
Duke did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
University of Georgia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for economics students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UGA is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Athens.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UGA are $27,464 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UGA is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
With a ranking of #7, University of Memphis did quite well on this year’s best value schools for economics students working on their master’s degree. UofM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Memphis.
UofM graduate students pay an average of $14,544 in tuition and fees each year.
Vanderbilt University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree economics programs. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Vanderbilt are $52,162 a year.
Vanderbilt did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
Virginia Tech ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Blacksburg.
Virginia Tech graduate students pay an average of $31,443 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Virginia Tech also did well on our Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Best Economics Colleges by State
Explore the best economics schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 128 |
| Florida | 110 |
| Georgia | 123 |
| North Carolina | 193 |
| Tennessee | 71 |
| Kentucky | 20 |
| Louisiana | 20 |
| Alabama | 38 |
| South Carolina | 29 |
| Mississippi | 14 |
| Arkansas | 14 |
| West Virginia | 8 |
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Economics Related Majors for Economics
Economics is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| International Relations & National Security | 5,010 |
| Political Science & Government | 2,664 |
| Geography & Cartography | 2,315 |
| Sociology | 1,907 |
| Anthropology | 1,446 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- 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 the rest 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).
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