2024 Best Urban Studies/Affairs Master's Degree Schools
21
Colleges in the United States
351
Master's Degrees
If you plan on getting your master's degree in
urban studies/affairs, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #281 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 21 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Urban Studies/Affairs Master's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 351 master's degrees in urban studies/affairs during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Urban Studies/Affairs School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of urban studies/affairs for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to urban studies/affairs students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of urban studies/affairs students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized urban studies/affairs related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for urban studies/affairs students working on their master's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Urban Studies/Affairs Master's Degree Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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