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2022 Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k

1 Ranked Colleges
21 Degrees Awarded
$30,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master's in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Maryland, there were 28 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 21 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great urban studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the urban studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland master’s degree urban studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in College Park, Maryland, and it awarded 21 masters’s urban studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMCP, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Urban Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UMCP Urban Studies 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

  • *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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