Urban Studies is about average in terms of popularity for master's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #172 out of the 326 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the most popular for urban studies students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 38 master's degrees in urban studies during the 2019-2020 academic year.
Choosing a Great Urban Studies School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in urban studies matters.
We created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Urban Studies in the New England Region ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.
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.
We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process.
To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above.
If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location.
On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for urban studies.
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Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in urban studies needs to check out Tufts University. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for master's degrees in urban studies in Massachusetts.
There were roughly 25 urban studies individuals who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent data year.
Master's graduates who receive their degree from the urban studies program earn about $45,200 in the first couple years of their career.
You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Boston University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in urban studies. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for master's degrees in urban studies in Massachusetts.
There were about 11 urban studies individuals who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent data year.
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).
Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in urban studies matters.
We created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Urban Studies in the New England Region ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.
