2024 Best Urban Studies Schools in the Southwest Region
3Colleges in the Southwest Region
50Urban Studies Degrees Awarded
Urban Studies isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #209 in popularity out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of urban studies. Combined, these schools handed out 50 degrees in urban studies to qualified students.
Your choice of urban studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Urban Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Urban Studies in the Southwest Region
The schools below may not offer all types of urban studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
The University of Texas at Austin is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in urban studies. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #36 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were roughly 30 urban studies students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year.
Trinity University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in urban studies. Located in the city of San Antonio, Trinity U is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 16th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 13 urban studies students who graduated with this degree at Trinity U in the most recent data year.
University of Central Oklahoma is a great option for students interested in a degree in urban studies. UCO is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Edmond. This university ranks 8th out of 32 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were approximately 4 urban studies students who graduated with this degree at UCO in the most recent data year.
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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Your choice of urban studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Urban Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
