2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership (Income $48-$75k) in California

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Urban Education & Leadership is the 521st most popular major in the country with 810 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 272 urban education and leadership graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 urban education and leadership graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent urban education and leadership programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the urban education and leadership program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california doctor’s degree urban education and leadership students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership (Income $48-$75k) in California

#1

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s urban education and leadership degrees in 2019-2020.

USC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Urban Education & Leadership at USC

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership (Income $48-$75k)

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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