2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies in Utah

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Utah” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,475 people earned their degree in urban studies, making the major the 210th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, urban studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $37,971 and had an average of $24,376 in loans still to pay off.

Across Utah, there were 21 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $19,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great urban studies programs and 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 studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Utah” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Utah

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Utah.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies in Utah

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$24,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Utah list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s urban studies degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

U of U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Utah” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Utah are $24,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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