2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership in the Middle Atlantic Region

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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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 166 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 $76,902 and $128,547 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Education and Leadership Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in urban education & leadership. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in urban education & leadership.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Education and Leadership Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree urban education and leadership students.

Top 3 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

The Graduate Center, CUNY
New York, New York

Top 20% overall quality in Middle Atlantic

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Graduate Center, CUNY. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Education and Leadership Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. The Graduate Center is a public institution located in New York, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. 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 The Graduate Center

2

Kean University
Union, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kean University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Education and Leadership Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Union, New Jersey, this fairly large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s urban education and leadership students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Urban Education & Leadership at Kean

3

University of the District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Education and Leadership Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the District of Columbia landed the #3 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s urban education and leadership degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full University of the District of Columbia Urban Education & Leadership Report

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.

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