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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership (Income $0-$30k)

7 Ranked Colleges
94 Degrees Awarded
$30,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 810 people earned their degree in urban education and leadership, making the major the 521st most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 94 urban education and leadership graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in urban education and leadership. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality urban education and leadership programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the urban education and leadership program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree urban education and leadership students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership (Income $0-$30k)

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k. IUPUI is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s urban education and leadership degrees to qualified students.

IUPUI also took the #5 spot in our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis are $26,013, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k. UIC is a public institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UIC also made our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Urban Education & Leadership at University of Illinois at Chicago

#3

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s urban education and leadership students in 2019-2020.

USC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k list. CU Anschutz is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 doctorate’s urban education and leadership degrees to qualified students.

CU Anschutz also made our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #5 spot on the list. UWM is a public institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UWM, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee are $25,295, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

Kean University

Union, New Jersey
#6 in overall quality

Kean University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Union, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s urban education and leadership degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Kean did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Kean are $22,318.

Full Kean University Urban Education & Leadership Report

#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, University of Massachusetts - Boston did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this fairly large public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s urban education and leadership students in 2019-2020.

UMass Boston also took the #7 spot in our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Boston are $36,485, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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