by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Urban Affairs Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Urban Studies/Affairs is the 346th most popular major in the country with 1,507 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Virginia, there were 81 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,553 and $27,844 respectively.
To top this list, a school must have a successful urban studies/affairs program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Most Well Attended Urban Affairs Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Urban Affairs Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Well Attended Urban Affairs Major in Virginia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s urban affairs degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
