2025 Best Urban Studies/Affairs Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on majoring in urban studies/affairs, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #346 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Urban Studies/Affairs Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 103 degrees in urban studies/affairs annually.

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Pick Your Urban Studies/Affairs Degree Level

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 Best Urban Studies/Affairs Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Urban Studies/Affairs in the Great Lakes Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the urban affairs degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Urban Affairs

1

Cleveland State University
Cleveland, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

47 Urban Affairs Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in urban studies/affairs needs to check out Cleveland State University. Located in the city of Cleveland, Cleveland State University is a public university with a large student population.More information about a degree in urban studies/affairs from Cleveland State University

2

Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Wayne State University is a great option for students interested in a degree in urban studies/affairs. Wayne State is a very large public university located in the city of Detroit.More information about a degree in urban studies/affairs from Wayne State University

Best Urban Studies/Affairs Colleges by State

Explore the best urban studies/affairs colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	939	84
Michigan	915	20
Illinois	870	15
Wisconsin	672	14

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Rankings in Majors Related to Urban Affairs

Urban Studies/Affairs is one of 0 different types of Urban Studies programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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