2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 89 urban education and leadership graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 72 urban education and leadership graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Education & Leadership in the Southeast Region

#1

Union University

Jackson, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$10,671 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Union University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Jackson, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 50 degrees to qualified masters’s urban education and leadership students in 2019-2020.

Union also made our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Union are $10,671, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Urban Education & Leadership at Union University

#2

Florida International University

Miami, Florida

#3 in overall quality

$24,211 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida International University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Miami, Florida, and it awarded 2 masters’s urban education and leadership degrees in 2019-2020.

FIU also made our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at FIU are $24,211, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Urban Education & Leadership at Florida International University

#3

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Urban Education and Leadership Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. This fairly large school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 13 masters’s urban education and leadership degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban Education & Leadership Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624.

Full Vanderbilt University 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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