Master of Arts in Economics

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Help Shape Economic Landscapes With Specialized Expertise. If you want to dig deep into financial challenges and influence potential economic outcomes with research-driven data, an MA in Economics from the University at Albany will empower you to excel as a modern economist.

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Help Shape Economic Landscapes With Specialized Expertise. If you want to dig deep into financial challenges and influence potential economic outcomes with research-driven data, an MA in Economics from the University at Albany will empower you to excel as a modern economist.

Enhance your understanding in economics analysis while honing in on a concentration like finance, economic forecasting, international economics and more.

This program prepares you for careers in administration and research in government, business and other private organizations. Acquire advanced training in economic analysis to become an expert in your designated area of concentration.

Program of Study

  • This 30-credit program can be completed in as little as one full year or three semesters of full-time study.
  • Improve your knowledge of economics by pursuing a number of concentrations within your MA studies.  You can focus your coursework on International Economics, Public Economics, Finance and Credit Markets, Health Economics, and a separately constituted specialization, Forecasting. These are rapidly developing fields within Economics that have many applications in business and government.

Core Courses

  • Microeconomics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Quantitative Methods I
  • Quantitative Methods II

Concentration Courses

A sequence of courses in an area of concentration, as approved by the department’s Graduate Studies Committee.

  • Master's Essay or Seminar in Economic Forecasting (forecasting concentration)
  • Supporting Courses
  • Up to 9 credits in related fields as advised.

International Economics 
Courses

  • International Trade
  • International Macroeconomics

Public Economics
Courses:
Choose two

  • Economics of the Public Sector
  • Public and Nonprofit Financial Management
  • Crime, Criminal Justice and Public Policy
  • Economics of Government Programs
  • Health Care Finance

Finance & Credit Markets
Courses
Choose two courses

  • International Macroeconomics
  • Financial Management
  • The Fixed Income Securities Market
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital

Health Economics
Courses
Choose two courses

  • Economic Analysis for Health Policy and Management
  • Health Policy Analysis
  • Applications in Health Policy Analysis and Evaluation
  • Economic Evaluation in Health Care
  • Health Care Finance
  • Your Money or Your Life: Economics of Health Policy

Economic Forecasting 
Courses

  • Economic Surveys and Forecasting
  • Time Series and Forecasting
  • Forecasting in the Public Sector
  • Internship in Forecasting

Career Outcomes
Recent placements of UAlbany master's in economics graduates include:

  • Accenture
  • Bloomberg News
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
  • International Monetary Fund
  • Moody's
  • Morgan Stanley
  • New York State Department of Health
  • NY State Department of Labor
  • NY State Division of Budget
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Social Security Administration
  • United Nations Development Programme
  • Walt Disney
  • Wells Fargo

Utilize your Master of Arts in Economics degree to gain a career as an economist, a role that typically requires an advanced degree.

Potential job titles include:

  • Actuary
  • Financial Analyst
  • Market Research Analyst
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