2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies in the Plains States Region

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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 the Plains States region, there were 73 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,534 and $20,380 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree urban studies students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies in the Plains States Region

1

University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this fairly large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s urban studies students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Urban Studies at University of Nebraska at Omaha

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Minnesota State University - Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #2 spot on the list. Mankato, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s urban studies degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Urban Studies at Minnesota State University - Mankato

• Most Focused Master’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.