Lead the Way in Global Commerce

Integrate your skills in economics, leadership, technology, and public policy in a one-of-a-kind program.

Master of Science in Commerce and Economic Development

Northeastern University’s Master of Science in Commerce and Economic Development is a multidisciplinary program designed to prepare the next generation of leaders for today’s borderless economy.

Ever-increasingly global commerce has created new growth opportunities for businesses worldwide. Navigating this complex environment requires in-depth financial, regulatory, and economic skills and insights.

In the MS in Commerce and Economic Development program, you’ll undertake studies in applied economics, institutions, and innovation to develop and hone analytical skills. These abilities will allow you to not only make impactful decisions across a range of economic situations, but also to stand out as a job applicant.

This flexible, customizable program offers multiple start dates, an online study option, and four concentrations, so you can create the degree that best fits your goals and needs.

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$105K
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Median annual wage for economists (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2021)
Job growth for economists in the 10 years to 2031 (BLS, 2021)
Job growth for financial analysts in the 10 years to 2031 (BLS, 2021)
“The CED program offers learners both a rigorous and innovative curriculum, one that is theory based and practice oriented. The program is designed to help students meet the market need for both insight and skills development on a global scale.” —Mikhail Oet, Lead Faculty of MS in Commerce and Economic Development program

A customizable program

Choose a concentration in economic analysis, economic entrepreneurship, data analytics, or financial economics, or design your own concentration based on your unique interests. You can also receive course credit for your CFP, FRM, CFA, or PRM certification, allowing you to accelerate your studies or take more electives to deepen your learning.

Designed for working professionals


Rolling admissions, quarterly start dates, and a 100% online option make this program accessible to working professionals. You’ll be able to start your studies where and when it’s most convenient for you and finish within two years.


About Northeastern

Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact.

Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 13 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 320,000-plus alumni, and more than 3,800 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions.

Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment.

Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.




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