Graduate Degree Program Summary

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Graduate Degrees Offered

M.A.; Ph.D.
Areas of Concentration
  • Econometrics
  • Economic Education
  • Feminist Economics
  • International Trade and Development
  • Labor Economics
  • Public and Urban Economics




Economics



Application Checklist and Deadlines

Required by the Office of Graduate Studies


See also: US steps to admission or international steps to admission.

Required by Economics in GAMES

After you apply, allow one business day for us to establish your access to GAMES, where you'll complete these departmental requirements:

  • Entrance exam(s): GRE
  • Minimum TOEFL:  Paper-550  Internet-80 OR IELTS minimum-6.5
  • Three recommendation letters
  • Statement of purpose

Application Deadline

   Rolling admissions. Early applications encouraged for financial consideration, contact the department for more information.



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Description

At Nebraska, economists begin with solid technical training in economic theory and quantitative methods and progress to applications of those tools in selected fields.

The Master of Arts degree in Economics is designed to prepare students for a Ph.D. program either at UNL or other institutions. Although UNL recognizes three options for the M.A. degree, students from outside UNL are only admitted to the Option III, Ph.D. leading program. If M.A. students are subsequently admitted to the Ph.D. program at UNL, coursework and examinations taken in the M.A. program transfer directly to the Ph.D.

The Ph.D. is a scholarly degree, preparing students to make significant contributions advancing the discipline and communicating those advances in the form of publication and teaching. Graduates are employed in college and university teaching positions as well as in research and consulting for business and government. Admission requirements include strong academic achievement and training in economics, mathematics, and statistics. See our website for specific admission requirements.

Courses and More

The Graduate Bulletin provides course descriptions, program requirements, and more:


Faculty and Research

Sam Allgood vCard icon
Welfare Costs of Taxation; Determinants of CEO Turnover; Economics of Education
 
John Anderson vCard icon
Tax Policy; Urban Land Development; Housing Economics; Fiscal Reform; Transition Economics
 
Roger Butters vCard icon
Economic Education; International Economics
 
Matthew Cushing vCard icon
Macroeconomics Time-Series
 
Richard Edwards vCard icon
History, Demography, and Natural Resources of the Great Plains
 
Scott M. Fuess, Jr vCard icon
Labor Economics; Macroeconomics; Econometrics
 
Seth Giertz vCard icon
Public Finance; Taxation; Labor Economics; Urban and Regional Economics
 
F. Gregory Hayden vCard icon
Public Policy; Social Fabric Matrix; Ecological Economics; Agriculture Policy; Educational Finance
 
Craig MacPhee vCard icon
International Trade and Investment; Commercial Policy
 
Ann Mari May vCard icon
Women and Education; Feminist Economics; Political Business Cycles; Post-War Macroeconomic Policy
 
Mary McGarvey vCard icon
Applied Econometrics; Health Economics; Welfare Policy
 
David Rosenbaum vCard icon
Strategic Behavior; Market Dominance; Market Evolution; Pricing
 
James Schmidt vCard icon
Applied Econometrics
 
Eric Thompson vCard icon
Regional Economics; Local and State Economic Development; Economic Forecasting
 
Hendrik van den Berg vCard icon
International Trade; International Finance; Trade and Development
 
William Walstad vCard icon
Teaching and Learning of Economics; Attitudes and Opinions on Economic Issues; Testing of Economic Knowledge
 

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