2023 Most Well Attended Urban Affairs Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 1,507 people earned their degree in urban studies/affairs, making the major the 346th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 133 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Urban Affairs Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in urban studies/affairs. 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.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Urban Affairs Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree urban affairs students.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies/Affairs in the Great Lakes Region

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Cleveland State University
Cleveland, Ohio

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cleveland State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Urban Affairs Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s urban affairs degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Full Cleveland State University Urban Studies/Affairs Report

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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Urban Affairs Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s urban affairs students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Urban Studies/Affairs at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies/Affairs

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Andrew Bossi.