{"id":172094,"date":"2026-02-10T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/172094\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T17:11:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:11:00","slug":"csufs-m-a-in-economics-prepares-students-for-doctoral-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/172094\/","title":{"rendered":"CSUF\u2019s M.A. in Economics Prepares Students for Doctoral Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Nima.jpg\" class=\"attachment-story-main-image size-story-main-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Portrait of Nima Nikopour\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>Nima Nikopour, CSUF economics alum \t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>For aspiring economists seeking academic roles, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/business.fullerton.edu\/programs\/graduate\/ma-economics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">M.A. in Economics<\/a> is a versatile, affordable and attainable path to doctoral programs that has led our alumni to professorial roles. Leveraging the connections and support of faculty, several alumni have also pursued doctoral degrees.<\/p>\n<p>One such alum is Nima Nikopour \u201922, \u201924 (B.A., M.A. economics), who is pursuing a Ph.D. in economics from Emory University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoctoral student life is undeniably rigorous, but it is incredibly rewarding to study the subjects I am passionate about at the highest level under experts in the field,\u201d said Nikopour. \u201cWhat makes the long hours sustainable is the perspective that every second of effort, while difficult, is a direct investment in my own skill set, which is a rare professional privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Nikopour in <a href=\"https:\/\/business.fullerton.edu\/news\/story\/how-csufs-m-a-in-economics-prepares-students-for-doctoral-success\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CSUF Business News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Nima Nikopour, CSUF economics alum &#13; &#13; For aspiring economists seeking academic roles, the\u00a0M.A. in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-172094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}