Master of Science [M.S] [Applied Economics and Statistics] From Clemson University

The behavior, practice, or policy might relate to agriculture, credit markets, environmental or natural resource management, forestry, health care, insurance, marketing, property rights, regional economic growth, regulation, stock markets, sports businesses, or sustainable development.

Faculty from the John E. Walker Department of Economics, other economists in the School of Agricultural, Forest, and Environmental Sciences, and statisticians from the Dept. of Mathematical Sciences teach the required and most of the elective courses. The John E. Walker Department of Economics is the administrative home of the program. Raymond Sauer is the Chair of the Department.

Graduates of the program have used their skills to fill increasingly valuable niches for data analyses and management in the public or private sector. Employers of recent graduates include these: Ag­South Farm Credit, Archer Daniels Midland, BB&T Bank, BBDO Atlanta, Black Book, Cardno Entrix, Delta Airlines, Epic,Florida Farm Bureau, Fractal Analytics, Impact DataSource, Ipsos, Greenville Technical College, Medical University of South Carolina, National Golf Foundation, Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College,Resurgent Capital Services, Town of Caswell Beach in North Carolina, Tri-County Technical College, U.S. Forest Service,USAA Federal Savings Bank, and Vision Recycling. Other graduates subsequently earn doctorates in economics, agricultural and applied economics, or statistics.