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2023 Best Value Economics Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$30,102 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Economics Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 5,245 degrees and certificates were awarded to economics students who went to a New York college or university. This makes it the #13 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Economics Graduate Certificate Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for economics students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Economics Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for economics majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Economics

#1

University at Albany

Albany, NY

Our 2023 rankings named University at Albany the best value school in New York for economics students working on their graduate certificate. UAlbany is a fairly large public school located in the city of Albany.

UAlbany graduate students pay an average of $13,535 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Fordham University

Bronx, NY

Out of the 3 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Fordham University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Fordham U is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Bronx.

Fordham U graduate students pay an average of $23,846 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Economics Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 per year.

Columbia also made our Best Economics Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list, coming in at #3.

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Best Value Economics Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Economics Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 2,416
Maryland 1,617
New Jersey 843
District of Columbia 739
Delaware 173

One of 12 majors within the area of study, economics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Economics

Related Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Sociology 38,475
General Social Sciences 18,997
International Relations & National Security 14,306
Anthropology 11,415

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to pixabay.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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