2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

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

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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 Getting Aid” 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 Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree urban studies students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Central Oklahoma

Edmond, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$17,913 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 3 masters’s urban studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO also made our “Best Urban Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. 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 UCO

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies (With Aid)

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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