by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Affairs Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Urban Studies/Affairs is the 346th most popular major in the country with 1,507 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 168 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 urban studies/affairs graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Affairs Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in urban studies/affairs. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in urban studies/affairs.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Affairs Major in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree urban affairs students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Orleans. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Affairs Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified doctorate’s urban affairs students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Affairs Major in the Southeast Region. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 9 doctorate’s urban affairs degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Affairs Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #3 spot on the list. UofL is located in Louisville, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s urban affairs degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Urban Affairs Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified doctorate’s urban affairs students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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