by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in Maryland” ranking.
Urban Studies is the 209th most popular major in the country with 1,453 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , urban studies graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $39,193 and had an average of $21,768 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maryland, there were 21 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,570 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,300 and $22,443 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in Maryland” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in urban studies. That schools that top this list have a program in urban studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in Maryland”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Coppin State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Coppin is a public institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Towson University landed the #2 spot on the list. Towson, Maryland is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s urban studies degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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