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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership (Income $48-$75k)

7 Ranked Colleges
94 Degrees Awarded
$30,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Urban Education & Leadership is the 521st most popular major in the country with 810 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 94 urban education and leadership graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in urban education and leadership. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent urban education and leadership programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the urban education and leadership program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership (Income $48-$75k)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Illinois at Chicago is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s urban education and leadership degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree urban education and leadership students whose families make $48-$75k list, UIC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s urban education and leadership degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s urban education and leadership degrees in 2019-2020.

IUPUI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at IUPUI are $26,013.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 21 doctorate’s urban education and leadership degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz also made our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 doctorate’s urban education and leadership degrees to qualified students.

UWM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UWM are $25,295, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Urban Education & Leadership at UWM

#7 in overall quality

University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s urban education and leadership degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Boston also made our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMass Boston are $36,485, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7

Kean University

Union, New Jersey
#6 in overall quality

Kean University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $48-$75k list. Kean University is a fairly large public school situated in Union, New Jersey. It awarded 8 doctorate’s urban education and leadership degrees in 2019-2020.

Kean did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Kean University are $22,318.

Full Kean Urban Education & Leadership Report

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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