2025 Best Urban Studies Schools in the Southeast Region
4Colleges in the Southeast Region
191Urban Studies Degrees Awarded
$46,649Avg Early-Career Salary
Urban Studies is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #209 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for urban studies students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 191 degrees in urban studies to qualified students.
Your choice of urban studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Urban Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Urban Studies Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Urban Studies in the Southeast Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the urban studies degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's hard to beat Virginia Tech if you wish to pursue a degree in urban studies. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were about 11 urban studies students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in urban studies has to take a look at Rhodes College. Rhodes College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Memphis. This college ranks 9th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 14 urban studies students who graduated with this degree at Rhodes College in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Virginia Commonwealth University if you wish to pursue a degree in urban studies. Located in the city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #189 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means VCU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 46 urban studies students who graduated with this degree at VCU in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the urban studies program report average early career earnings of $34,404.
Georgia State University is a good option for students interested in a degree in urban studies. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 17th out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.
There were roughly 42 urban studies students who graduated with this degree at Georgia State in the most recent year we have data available. Urban Studies degree recipients from Georgia State University get an earnings boost of about $5,940 above the typical income of urban studies majors.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of urban studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Urban Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
