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2026 Highest Paid Urban Studies Grads in New York

[Urban Studies](/majors/social-sciences/urban-studies/) is a field where your choice of school can shape what you earn after graduation. The schools below stand out for the salaries their urban studies graduates go on to command.

To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 3 schools on the early-career earnings of their urban studies graduates.

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• Highest Paid Urban Studies Grads in New York

2026 Highest Paid Urban Studies Grads in New York

If you want to know which schools send urban studies graduates into the highest-paying careers, see the list below.

Highest Paid Urban Studies Graduates

1

Cuny Graduate School And University Center
New York, NY

$94,700 Average Early-Career Salary

Cuny Graduate School And University Center tops our 2026 list of the highest-paying urban studies schools in New York. Located in the city of New York, Cuny Graduate School And University Center is a public institution. Urban Studies graduates of Cuny Graduate School And University Center earn a median of about $94,700 a year early in their careers.

2

Cuny Hunter College
New York, NY

$86,148 Average Early-Career Salary

Cuny Hunter College came in at #2 on our 2026 list of the highest-paying urban studies schools. Set in the city of New York, Cuny Hunter College is a public institution. Students who complete the urban studies program here go on to a median salary of roughly $86,148.

3

Cuny Queens College
Queens, NY

$72,009 Average Early-Career Salary

A rank of #3 makes Cuny Queens College one of the highest-paying schools for urban studies. Cuny Queens College is a public school located in the city of Queens. Early-career urban studies graduates from Cuny Queens College make a median of around $72,009 per year.

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Notes and References

The ranking above is published by College Factual, 2026 edition. The methodology measures the salaries urban studies graduates go on to earn early in their careers, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).

Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 3 schools evaluated.

*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.

• 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.
• Graduate earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard) field-of-study earnings.

More about our data sources and methodologies.