2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies (Income $75-$110k) in California

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,475 people earned their degree in urban studies, making the major the 210th most popular in the United States. 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 California, there were 294 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,275 and $17,214 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 33 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in urban studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent urban studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the urban studies 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies (Income $75-$110k) 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 Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Southern California is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 19 masters’s urban studies degrees in 2019-2020.

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

Read more about Urban Studies at USC

#2

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, California

#2 in overall quality

$26,710 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,318 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Francisco landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 14 masters’s urban studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USFCA, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Urban Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USFCA are $26,710, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Urban Studies at USFCA

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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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