2022 Best Vallue Urban Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $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 Vallue Urban Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 29 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $19,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality urban studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Vallue Urban Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region doctor’s degree urban studies students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies (Income Over $110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$24,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Urban Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #1 spot on the list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s urban studies degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

U of U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Urban Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U of U are $24,695.

Read full report on Urban Studies at University of Utah

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies (Income Over $110k)

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.

Credits

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

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