2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Urban Studies in Massachusetts

Urban Studies isn't the most popular bachelor's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #162 in popularity out of 338 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the most popular for urban studies students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 14 bachelor's degrees in urban studies during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Urban Studies School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your bachelor's degree in urban studies matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Urban Studies in Massachusetts ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of urban studies students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Urban Studies Schools

This ranking is just one of the many we have created. First of all, if you are interested in other degree levels, you may want to take a look at one of the rankings highlighted above. Also, if you are interested in attending school in a specific part of the country, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for urban studies.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Urban Studies in Massachusetts

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in urban studies.

Most Well Attended Schools for Urban Studies Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

Worcester State University
Worcester, MA

14 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In MA

Worcester State University is a popular choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in urban studies. Located in the medium-sized city of Worcester, Worcester State is a public university with a medium-sized student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in urban studies in Massachusetts.

There were approximately 14 urban studies individuals who graduated with this degree at Worcester State in the most recent data year.

More information about a bachelor’s in urban studies from Worcester State University

2

Boston University
Boston, MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Boston University is a popular choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in urban studies. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. More information about a bachelor’s in urban studies from Boston University

2

Hampshire College
Amherst, MA

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in urban studies needs to take a look at Hampshire College. Hampshire is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Amherst. More information about a bachelor’s in urban studies from Hampshire College

 

Best Urban Studies Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Urban Studies Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	176	49
Rhode Island	156	31

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Rankings in Majors Related to Urban Studies

Urban Studies is one of 12 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Urban Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Economics	2,644
Political Science & Government	1,791
Sociology	999
International Relations & National Security	548
Criminology	273
Anthropology	261
General Social Sciences	176
Geography & Cartography	94
Other Social Sciences	92
Sociology & Anthropology	18

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Andrew Bossi. More about our data sources and methodologies.