2022 Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

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Urban Studies/Affairs is the 341st most popular major in the country with 1,475 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Virginia, there were 73 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in urban studies/affairs. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality urban studies/affairs programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the urban studies/affairs program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia master’s degree urban affairs students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies/Affairs in Virginia (With Aid)

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s urban affairs students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Urban Studies/Affairs Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547.

Read more about Urban Studies/Affairs at Virginia Tech

#2

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$29,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid. VCU is a public institution located in Richmond, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

VCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban Studies/Affairs Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Commonwealth University are $29,228, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Urban Studies/Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies/Affairs (With Aid)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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