2023 Most Well Attended Urban Affairs Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Urban Affairs Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Plains States region, there were 73 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Urban Affairs Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Urban Affairs Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree urban affairs students.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies/Affairs in the Plains States Region

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University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Urban Affairs Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Omaha, Nebraska, and it awarded 4 masters’s urban affairs degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Urban Studies/Affairs at University of Nebraska at Omaha

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Minnesota State University - Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Urban Affairs Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s list. Located in Mankato, Minnesota, this fairly large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s urban affairs students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.

Read full report on Urban Studies/Affairs at Minnesota State Mankato

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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

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