2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Education and Leadership Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2021-2022, 832 people earned their degree in urban education & leadership, making the major the 498th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 268 urban education & leadership graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 urban education & leadership graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,633 and $152,837 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Education and Leadership Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in urban education & leadership. That schools that top this list have a program in urban education & leadership in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Education and Leadership Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Education and Leadership Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership in the Far Western US Region

1

Faith International University
Tacoma, Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Faith International University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Education and Leadership Major in the Far Western US Region list. This small school is located in Tacoma, Washington, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s urban education and leadership degrees in 2021-2022.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Urban Education & Leadership at Faith

2

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

#4 overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Education and Leadership Major in the Far Western US Region. University of Southern California is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 8 doctorate’s urban education and leadership degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Urban Education & Leadership at USC

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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