2022 Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 161 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great urban studies/affairs programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the urban studies/affairs program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The urban affairs school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region”.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies/Affairs in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$17,622 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cleveland State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Cleveland State University is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s urban affairs degrees to qualified students.

Cleveland State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban Studies/Affairs Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cleveland State University are $17,622, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Urban Studies/Affairs at Cleveland State University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies/Affairs

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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