2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Urban Studies is the 209th most popular major in the country with 1,507 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, urban studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $39,193 and had an average of $21,495 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 11 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in urban studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their urban studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The urban studies 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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major”.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Urban Studies

1

Stella and Charles Guttman Community College
New York, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stella and Charles Guttman Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major list. Located in New York, New York, this small public school awarded 10 degrees to qualified associates’s urban studies students in 2020-2021.

Full Stella and Charles Guttman Community College Urban Studies Report

2

Monroe Community College
Rochester, New York

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Monroe Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Monroe Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Rochester, New York. It awarded 1 associates’s urban studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Urban Studies at Monroe Community College

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Andrew Bossi.