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

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 New Jersey” 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 New Jersey, there were 23 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey

The colleges and universities below are the best for new jersey master’s degree urban affairs students.

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

#1

Rowan University

Glassboro, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$15,787 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Rowan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Rowan University is a fairly large public school situated in Glassboro, New Jersey. It awarded 2 masters’s urban affairs degrees in 2019-2020.

Rowan also made our “Best Urban Studies/Affairs Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rowan University are $15,787, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Urban Studies/Affairs at Rowan University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies/Affairs in the Middle Atlantic Region
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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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