Aug. 16, 2023
Next Start Date
10
Courses Required
$820
Cost Per Credit Hour
30
Total Credit Hours
Program Details
Our M.S. Economics graduates are high-level quantitative economists with the ability to analyze complex policy issues using modern data analysis and econometric methods. Graduates not only have the technical skills in demand by national employers, but they are able to apply their learning to a large and diverse set of policy issues within our areas of program expertise, such as public finance, health economics, and regional economics.
The M.S. Economics program contains 30 credit hours of material and is designed to be completed in one year. Students will begin the program with a set of economic theory and data analysis courses, followed with a field course focusing on topical areas of value to economists working in the local, state, and national policy context.
In the M.S. Economics, students will develop skills not limited to the following abilities:
- Explain the choices of economic factors, such as consumers and firms, using microeconomic theory.
- Evaluate the impacts of imperfectly competitive markets and government intervention on society and groups with society.
- Synthesize the current state of knowledge on a policy.
- Describe the efficient structure, storage, and usage of administrative data.
- Build theoretically sound econometric models.
- Employ R to obtain parameter estimates of magnitude and empirical relevance, and
- Produce clear and straightforward summaries of empirical results across a number of written contexts.
Admission Requirements
Successful completion of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
Admissions
Applicants must be admitted to WVU as a graduate student.
- Enter the WVU Application portal.
- Create a username and password.
- Once an account has been created, applicants can edit the application at their discretion. Please complete all questions asked.
- When selecting a start term, choose "fall."
- Upload an up-to-date resume.
- Request 1 letter of recommendation through the online portal. Individual letters should not exceed one page.
- Create a Personal Statement (not to exceed one page).
- Pay application fee.
- Submit application.
- Applicants will then need to send their transcripts to WVU's Office of Admissions.
If the applicant's undergraduate school offers "e-script" (an official
electronic copy of transcripts), email the transcripts to
GraduateAdmissions@mail.wvu.edu. This will help expedite the admissions
process. If they do not offer this service, please have your official transcripts
mailed to:
West Virginia University Office of Graduate Admissions and Recruitment
PO Box 6510
Morgantown, WV 26506-6510 - International Students are required to submit a TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo
score. The John Chambers College of Business & Economics TOEFL requirement
is higher than the University's--applicants must have a TOEFL score of
either 580 (paper prior to July 27) or 68 (paper after July 27), 237 (computer),
or 92 (Internet-based). If you have taken the IELTS, the minimum score
must be 6.5, and the minimum Duolingo score is a 105. English language
exam scores should be sent to:
Office of Admissions
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6009
Morgantown, WV 26506-6009.
The above-mentioned items are required for admission review. Additional documents may be requested after initial evaluation of a student’s admission application.