2023 Most Well Attended Urban Studies Major in Pennsylvania for a Master’s

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Urban Studies Major in Pennsylvania for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Pennsylvania, there were 82 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,656 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 urban studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,136 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Urban Studies Major in Pennsylvania for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in urban studies. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in urban studies.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Urban Studies Major in Pennsylvania for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Urban Studies Major in Pennsylvania for a Master’s”.

Top 2 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies in Pennsylvania

1

Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#12 overall quality in Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drexel University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Urban Studies Major in Pennsylvania for a Master’s list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s urban studies students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Drexel University Urban Studies Report

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Eastern University
Saint Davids, Pennsylvania

$41,654 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Urban Studies Major in Pennsylvania for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern University landed the #2 spot on the list. Eastern University is located in Saint Davids, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s urban studies degrees to qualified students.

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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.