The main focus area for this major is Urban Studies/Affairs. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Urban Studies is a major offered under the social sciences program of study at University of Missouri - Kansas City. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in urban studies, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at UMKC was ranked #63 on College Factual's Best Schools for urban studies list. It is also ranked #2 in Missouri.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at UMKC paid an average of $843 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $307 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $9,198 | $25,299 |
Fees | $1,587 | $1,587 |
Books and Supplies | $770 | $770 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,748 | $11,748 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,556 | $3,556 |
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Online degrees for the UMKC urban studies bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UMKC Online Learning page.
All of the students who received their Bachelor’s in urban studies in 2019-2020 were women.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in urban studies at UMKC in 2019-2020, 66.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 48%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 1 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Urban Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Urban Studies/Affairs | 3 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to urban studies.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
---|---|
Economics | 16 |
Geography & Cartography | 5 |
Political Science & Government | 39 |
Sociology | 25 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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