2025-2026 MA Economics Class Profile

Our thirteenth cohort of students started their coursework in July 2025. The 2025-2026 class is 45% domestic students and 55% international students. Other interesting facts about this year’s class:

  • Gender: Male (75%), Female (25%)
  • Age: 21-23 years old (57.5%), 24-29 years old (20%), 30+ years old (22.5%)
  • Countries represented: China, Hungary, Japan, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, USA
  • Undergraduate majors: Economics, Business/Finance, Math/Statistics, Engineering, English, Biology
  • While many students joined directly from an undergraduate institution, one third joined with years of work experience in banking, consulting, game development, teaching, research institutes, and/or public administration.
  • Median Quantitative GRE score: 165 (out of 170)
Subset of incoming students standing in front of the UT Tower
A few members of our 2024-25 MA Economics entering class
touring the UT campus.