2022 Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in Ohio

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in Ohio” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across Ohio, there were 82 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,649 and $41,690 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent urban studies/affairs programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the urban studies/affairs program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in Ohio

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in Ohio.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies/Affairs in Ohio

#1

Xavier University

Cincinnati, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$12,076 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Xavier University landed the #1 spot on the list. Xavier is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Xavier did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban Studies/Affairs Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Xavier University are $12,076.

Read full report on Urban Studies/Affairs at Xavier University

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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

• *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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