2025 Best Urban Studies/Affairs Schools in New York
10
Colleges in New York
340
Urban Affairs Degrees Awarded
A degree in
urban studies/affairs is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #346 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 10 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Urban Studies/Affairs Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 340 degrees in urban studies/affairs annually.
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Choosing a Great Urban Studies/Affairs School
Your choice of urban studies/affairs school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for urban studies/affairs schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Urban Studies/Affairs Rankings by 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 New York list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.
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Featured Urban Studies/Affairs Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
BA in Sociology
Learn to analyze social factors and become an advocate for individual and community health with this online bachelor's from Southern New Hampshire University.
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Best Schools for Urban Studies/Affairs in New York
The schools below may not offer all types of urban affairs degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
10 Top New York Schools in Urban Affairs
Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
6th
Most Popular In NY
It is difficult to beat Columbia University in the City of New York if you want to pursue a degree in urban studies/affairs. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #15 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were roughly 14 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
5th
Most Popular In NY
34
Urban Affairs Degrees Awarded
It is hard to beat Barnard College if you want to pursue a degree in urban studies/affairs. Barnard is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #86 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Barnard is a great college overall.
There were approximately 34 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at Barnard in the most recent data year.
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Bachelors
Degree Type
BA in Sociology
Program Name
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
4th
Most Popular In NY
31
Urban Affairs Degrees Awarded
New York University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in urban studies/affairs. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 31 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available.
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It's difficult to beat Fordham University if you want to pursue a degree in urban studies/affairs. Fordham U is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Bronx. A Best Colleges rank of #67 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Fordham U is a great university overall.
There were roughly 18 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at Fordham U in the most recent data year.
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Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
3rd
Most Popular In NY
38
Urban Affairs Degrees Awarded
The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New York. This school ranks 67th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 38 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at The Graduate Center in the most recent data year.
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Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In NY
83
Urban Affairs Degrees Awarded
Hunter is a fairly large public college located in the large city of New York. This college ranks 30th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 83 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at Hunter in the most recent year we have data available.
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University at Buffalo is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Buffalo. A Best Colleges rank of #171 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University at Buffalo is a great university overall.
There were approximately 12 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at University at Buffalo in the most recent year we have data available.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
7th
Most Popular In NY
Located in the suburb of Poughkeepsie, Vassar is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 38th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 15 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at Vassar in the most recent year we have data available.
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Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
2nd
Most Popular In NY
56
Urban Affairs Degrees Awarded
QC is a large public college located in the large city of Queens. This college ranks 52nd out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 56 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at QC in the most recent year we have data available.
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UAlbany is a large public university located in the medium-sized city of Albany. This university ranks 27th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 13 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at UAlbany in the most recent data year.
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