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2023 Best Value Economics Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$30,048 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,318 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Economics Master's Degree School for You

Economics is the #27 most popular major in New Jersey with 843 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Economics Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in New Jersey 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Economics Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Economics Master's Degree Colleges.

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Economics

Our analysis found Rutgers University - New Brunswick to be the best value school for economics students who want to pursue a master’s degree in New Jersey. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Rutgers New Brunswick graduate students pay an average of $20,495 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Economics at Rutgers University - New Brunswick Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Rutgers University - Newark helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value economics schools in New Jersey. Located in the city of Newark, Rutgers Newark is a public college with a large student population.

Rutgers Newark graduate students pay an average of $20,466 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Rutgers Newark also made our Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list, coming in at #3.

Read full report on Economics at Rutgers University - Newark

#3

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

The excellent master’s degree programs at Princeton University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value economics schools in New Jersey. Located in the city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Princeton are $58,790 per year.

Princeton did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list.

Full Economics at Princeton University Report

#4

Drew University

Madison, NJ

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Drew University is a great value for economics students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Madison, Drew is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Drew graduate students pay an average of $20,440 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Economics at Drew University Report

Best Value Economics Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 2,416
New York 5,245
Maryland 1,617
District of Columbia 739
Delaware 173

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

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 4 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.

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