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Economics Schools in Massachusetts

Massachusetts contains 36 schools that offer economics programs. Harvard University, the highest-ranking economics school in MA, has a total student population of 27,651 and is the highest ranked school in America.

Of the 36 economics schools in Massachusetts, only 9 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Simmons College comes out as the most expensive ($34,498/yr), with Fitchburg State College as the lowest recorded at only $9,386/yr.

Economics students from Massachusetts schools who go on to become economists, economics professors, analysts, economic analysts, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 13,160 people working as economists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $96,320. Also, Business and financial operations employees make on average $65,900 per year and there are about 6,063,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Massachusetts alone, there are 168,070 employed business and financial operations employees earning an average yearly salary of $76,990. Economists in this state earn $82,010/yr and there are 390 employed.

Also, within the economics schools in Massachusetts, the average student population is 2,580 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from economics, there are 5364 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 4,075 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $5,628, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Economics Programs in Massachusetts

Harvard University

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: Masters, PhD
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Amherst College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Boston College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Boston University

• Development Economics and International Development
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Economics, Other
  

  Levels offered: Masters

Northeastern University

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Wellesley College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Brandeis University

• Development Economics and International Development
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• International Economics
  

  Levels offered: Masters, PhD

Bentley University

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Hampshire College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Gordon College

• Development Economics and International Development
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Simmons College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Emmanuel College

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Fitchburg State College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Framingham State College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Suffolk University

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• International Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Worcester State College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Nichols College

• Business/Managerial Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

American International College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Williams College

• Development Economics and International Development
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

College of the Holy Cross

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Smith College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• International Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Mount Holyoke College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Stonehill College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Clark University

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Wheaton College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Bridgewater State College

• Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Westfield State College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Massachusetts-Lowell

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Merrimack College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Assumption College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Economics, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• International Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Salem State College

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Western New England College

• Applied Economics
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

University of Massachusetts-Boston

• Economics, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

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Massachusetts Interesting Facts

• 552 original documents pertaining to the Salem witch trials of 1692 have been preserved and are still stored by the Peabody Essex Museum.
• Boston built the first subway system in the United States in 1897.
• Although over 30 communities in the colonies eventually renamed themselves to honor Benjamin Franklin. The Massachusetts Town of Franklin was the first and changed its name in 1778.
• "Norfolk County is the birthplace of four United States presidents: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George Herbert Walker Bush."
• In Holyoke, William G. Morgan, created a new game called "Mintonette" in 1895. After a demonstration given at the YMCA in nearby Springfield, the name "Mintonette" was replaced with the now familiar name "Volleyball."

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See Also

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• Online Economics Schools
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