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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Virginia, there were 73 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,800 and $32,813 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality urban studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the urban studies 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia

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

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

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified doctorate’s urban studies students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Urban Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547.

Full Virginia Tech Urban Studies 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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Andrew Bossi.

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