Master of Science in Applied Economics and Statistics

The Department offers two types of M.S. programs in applied economics and statistics--the thesis option and the non-thesis option. The Department also offers the Peace Corps Master's International in applied economics and statistics. Students should select the appropriate M.S. program based on their expected career paths.

All M.S. students must complete at least 30 semester hours of graduate credit. The student's course work and research may be focused in one of the following major areas:

agricultural production & marketing , including farm and agribusiness management, agricultural finance, and government agricultural policy , organization and structure of product markets, international and interregional trade, price forecasting, risk management, and consumer economics;
natural resource and environmental economics , including resource conservation, land and water policy, wildlife management, non-market demand estimation, real estate appraisal, benefit-cost analysis and public choice, and economics of property rights.
regional & development economics , including rural development policy, demography, location theory and spatial diffusion, regional economic structure, public finance, and economic impact analysis
applied statistics , including statistical techniques used in solving economic and institutional problems.