<p>Is there anyone on here that has personal experience or knows someone who does with the Masters of Economics program at FSU? I have a few questions I'd like to ask.</p>
<p>I know someone who will graduate this year with a Masters in Economics from FSU. Ask your questions and I'll either ask him to post or will get an answer from him somehow.</p>
<p>Is it possible to continue on into the Ph.D program if you wanted?
What are the job placements like (i.e. salary, location, private sector/government)?
How rigorous is the program and what kind math pre-reqs are needed?</p>
<p>The PhD economics program is very math intensive. The masters program has less of of a math requirement. One cannot enter the PhD program without the requisite math credits even if you successfully earned a masters degree in economics.</p>
<p>Thx but I'm aware of that fact. Any info on the other questions?</p>
<p>I recall finding info on the two kinds of masters available on one of the FSU economics professor's websites- one is specifically designed to lead into the PhD program, requiring more math than the other. If you haven't found that yet, and are interested in reading it, let me know and I will try to find it again and post the link.</p>
<p>I finally have a response for you - from an FSU Masters program graduate: </p>
<p>*The placements for the program are very good in both the private and public sectors. Specific salaries are difficult to report because the salaries that I know of are in NY or DC and would require major Cost of Living adjustments that I do not know off hand. The only other Master's program I know of that is comparable is at Duke University.</p>
<p>The PhD and Master's programs are separate programs. If you take the Master's program, those hours will not count towards your PhD. If you take PhD courses however those hours will count towards a Master's degree. Some of the PhD candidates dropped from the PhD program in their first year and were able to attain their Master's degree quickly.</p>
<p>Again, the PhD has a very different math requirement. You may already know this, but to give you an idea, the Master's program only requires Calculus 1. The PhD program requires Calculus 1-3 and linear algebra. Other statistics courses would also be helpful.</p>
<p>They are very different programs and I would say that the math requirement and what career you want will be the biggest factors.*</p>