2022 Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 29 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban Studies/Affairs in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Central Oklahoma

Edmond, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$17,913 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Urban Affairs Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 3 masters’s urban affairs degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO also made our “Best Urban Studies/Affairs Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCO are $17,913, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Urban Studies/Affairs at University of Central Oklahoma

• Best Value Master’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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