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2023 Best Value Economics Master's Degree Schools in Utah

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,717 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,318 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Economics Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 874 degrees and certificates were awarded to economics students who went to a Utah college or university. This makes it the #23 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Economics Master's Degree Schools in Utah ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Utah 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in Utah

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for economics majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Utah Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Economics

Our 2023 rankings named Utah State University the best value school in Utah for economics students working on their master’s degree. USU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Logan.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USU are $7,366 per year.

USU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Utah list.

Read full report on Economics at Utah State University

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Utah list. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a very large student population.

U of U graduate students pay an average of $8,068 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

U of U also took the #4 spot in our Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Utah rankings.

Full Economics at University of Utah Report

Best Value Economics Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 1,019
Idaho 63
Montana 51
Wyoming 43

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 2 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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