Program Overview

Overview of the Master's Degree in Economics

The University of Toledo offers a master's degree in Economics that is an investment with high returns. Economics is a discipline that is broadly applicable to many careers, and companies prize employees with applied data analysis skills. A graduate degree in Economics provides the tools to keep up with current trends in a rapidly changing world.

Top Reasons to Study Economics

• One-year program: Full-time master's students in Economics can earn their M.A. degrees in just one year (two semesters).
• Outstanding faculty: The Department of Economics' devoted faculty members are stellar teachers who have received The University of Toledo's Outstanding Teacher and Master Teacher awards.
• Blend of theory and field courses: Master's students take a sequence of advanced macro and micro in the fall, and field courses in the spring, applying their deepened economics knowledge to areas such as health economics, environmental and energy economics, behavioral economics, public finance, regional economics, labor economics, and monetary policy.
• Exceptional data analysis training: Graduate students take a two-semester sequence of data analysis courses in a first-rate, economics computer lab, learning to analyze economic data in consistent, precise, and understandable terms using the latest technology.
• Faculty-advised master's paper: Every UToledo Economics graduate student demonstrates their data analysis skills in a master's paper.
• Communication skills: UToledo Economics master's students graduate with strong communication skills, written and verbal, as presentations of economic analysis are built into the program.
• Perks of being a UToledo undergrad: Master's candidates with an undergraduate degree in Economics or Business from The University of Toledo normally don't need to take the GRE, and qualifying UToledo undergrads admitted into the Early Admission Program can get a head start on a master's degree.

Research and Faculty

The Economics faculty have expertise in public, health, monetary, experimental, behavioral, environmental, energy, labor, regional, and spatial economics. Faculty members are known for their willingness to mentor and collaborate with graduate student researchers. The university's vibrant economics seminar series features various researchers presenting their latest work.

Career Opportunities

Employers hire UToledo Economics master's degree graduates for their econometric data analysis skills and overall quantitative analytical skills and knowledge. Recent alumni are employed as:

• Associate analyst
• Business/account analyst
• Business intelligence consultant
• Business operations/program/project manager
• Director of analytics
• Economist
• Financial center manager
• Investment/financial advisor
• Private equity analyst
• Reporting analyst
• Research associate, economics policy center
• Tax and revenue analyst
• Trade analyst

Graduate School Application

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