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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership

7 Ranked Colleges
94 Degrees Awarded
$29,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate” ranking.

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” 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the urban education and leadership program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate

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

Top 8 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership

#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 list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s urban education and leadership students in 2019-2020.

UIC also made our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Illinois at Chicago Urban Education & Leadership Report

#2

The Graduate Center, CUNY

New York, New York
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, The Graduate Center, CUNY landed the #2 spot on the list. The Graduate Center, CUNY is located in New York, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 doctorate’s urban education and leadership degrees to qualified students.

The Graduate Center not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 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 The Graduate Center are $23,640.

Read full report on Urban Education & Leadership at The Graduate Center

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s urban education and leadership students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IUPUI, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at IUPUI are $26,013, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Urban Education & Leadership at IUPUI

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s urban education and leadership degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UWM, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. 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

#4

Kean University

Union, New Jersey
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Kean University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Union, New Jersey, this fairly large public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified doctorate’s urban education and leadership students in 2019-2020.

Kean also made our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Kean are $22,318.

Full Kean University Urban Education & Leadership Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate list. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 doctorate’s urban education and leadership degrees to qualified students.

CU Anschutz did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #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 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus are $23,915.

Read more about Urban Education & Leadership at CU Anschutz

#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 ranking. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s urban education and leadership degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

UMass Boston not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 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 University of Massachusetts - Boston are $36,485.

Full University of Massachusetts - Boston Urban Education & Leadership Report

#7

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

University of Southern California did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Doctorate ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s urban education and leadership students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Urban Education & Leadership at University of Southern California

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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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