by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Affairs Major in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Urban Studies/Affairs is the 346th most popular major in the country with 1,453 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across Illinois, there were 18 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,827 and $47,424 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Affairs Major in Illinois” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in urban studies/affairs. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in urban studies/affairs.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Affairs Major in Illinois” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Affairs Major in Illinois”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roosevelt University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Affairs Major in Illinois list. Roosevelt University is a small school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 0 masters’s urban affairs degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Affairs Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the #2 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s urban affairs degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Affairs Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the #3 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s urban affairs degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%.
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