2024 Best Urban Education & Leadership Schools in California
4Colleges in California
264Urban Education and Leadership Degrees Awarded
A degree in urban education & leadership is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #498 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Urban Education & Leadership Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 264 degrees in urban education & leadership during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Urban Education & Leadership School
Your choice of urban education & leadership school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Urban Education & Leadership School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Urban Education & Leadership Rankings by Degree Level
The urban education and leadership school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Urban Education & Leadership Schools in California.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Urban Education & Leadership in California
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the urban education and leadership degree levels they offer.
Top California Schools in Urban Education and Leadership
Every student pursuing a degree in urban education & leadership has to look into University of Southern California. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were about 14 urban education & leadership students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Loyola Marymount University if you want to pursue a degree in urban education & leadership. Loyola Marymount is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. This university ranks 20th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 228 urban education & leadership students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Marymount in the most recent year we have data available.
Pepperdine University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in urban education & leadership. Located in the suburb of Malibu, Pepperdine is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #94 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Pepperdine is a great university overall.
There were roughly 12 urban education & leadership students who graduated with this degree at Pepperdine in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in urban education & leadership has to check out Holy Names University. Located in the city of Oakland, HNU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly small student population. This university ranks 93rd out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 9 urban education & leadership students who graduated with this degree at HNU in the most recent data year.
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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 education & leadership school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Urban Education & Leadership School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
