by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in Illinois” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,507 people earned their degree in urban studies, making the major the 209th most popular in the United States. 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 Illinois, there were 15 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,983 and $19,916 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in Illinois” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in Illinois” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in Illinois”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roosevelt University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in Illinois list. Roosevelt is a small school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 3 masters’s urban studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Loyola University Chicago. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in Illinois. Loyola University Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 1 masters’s urban studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in Illinois. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 0 masters’s urban studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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