2022 Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Bachelor’s

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In 2019-2020, 810 people earned their degree in urban education and leadership, making the major the 521st most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 78 urban education and leadership graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in urban education and leadership. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great urban education and leadership programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree urban education and leadership students.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership

#1

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#3 in overall quality

$17,876 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s urban education and leadership degrees to 41 students in 2019-2020.

UWM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is $17,876 for bachelor’s degree urban education and leadership students.

Full University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Urban Education & Leadership Report

#2

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

#1 in overall quality

$17,220 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Newark, Delaware is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s urban education and leadership degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

UD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for UD is $17,220 for bachelor’s degree urban education and leadership students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Urban Education & Leadership at University of Delaware

#3

Belmont University

Nashville, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$35,548 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Belmont University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s urban education and leadership students in 2019-2020.

Belmont did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Belmont is $35,548 for bachelor’s degree urban education and leadership students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Urban Education & Leadership at Belmont

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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