by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Southeast Region” 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.
Across the Southeast region, there were 168 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,639 and $23,752 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 54 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 7 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college 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 the Southeast Region”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Norfolk State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Norfolk, Virginia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s urban studies degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Richmond, Virginia, this large public school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified masters’s urban studies students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Georgia State University is a public institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Savannah State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Savannah State University is located in Savannah, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s urban studies degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Orleans. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. UNO is a medium-sized public school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 2 masters’s urban studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, Virginia Tech did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Virginia Tech is a public institution located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. 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%.
With a ranking of #7, Old Dominion University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Southeast Region list. Old Dominion University is located in Norfolk, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s urban studies degrees to qualified students.
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