by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 20 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,763 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in urban studies. That schools that top this list have a program in urban studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree urban studies students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This large school is located in Boise, Idaho, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s urban studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Westminster College Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. Westminster College Salt Lake is a private not-for-profit institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s urban studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
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