2022 Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Urban Studies is the 210th most popular major in the country with 1,475 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, urban studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $37,971 and had an average of $24,376 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 29 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

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

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the urban studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree urban studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Central Oklahoma

Edmond, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$17,913 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UCO is a fairly large school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 3 masters’s urban studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCO, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Urban Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Oklahoma are $17,913, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Urban Studies at University of Central Oklahoma

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies (Income $0-$30k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Andrew Bossi.

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