2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies in the Southeast Region

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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 Southeast region, there were 168 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,639 and $23,752 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 4 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.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Southeast Region

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

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies in the Southeast Region

1

University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Orleans. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Southeast Region. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s urban studies students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Urban Studies at UNO

2

Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

#7 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and it awarded 9 doctorate’s urban studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Urban Studies at Virginia Tech

3

University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Louisville. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Southeast Region. UofL is a public institution located in Louisville, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UofL Urban Studies Report

4

Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana

#21 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Tulane is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 0 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, 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 92%.

Read more about Urban Studies at Tulane

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies

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.