2024 Best Urban Studies/Affairs Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in urban studies/affairs, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #236 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Urban Studies/Affairs Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 80 bachelor's degrees in urban studies/affairs during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to urban studies/affairs students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of urban studies/affairs students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized urban studies/affairs related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for urban studies/affairs students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Urban Studies/Affairs Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Urban Studies/Affairs in Pennsylvania

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in urban studies/affairs.

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Bachelor's in Urban Affairs

1

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

32 Annual Graduates

University of Pennsylvania is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in urban studies/affairs. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.More information about a bachelor’s in urban studies/affairs from University of Pennsylvania

2

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

1 Annual Graduates

Carnegie Mellon University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in urban studies/affairs. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Pittsburgh.More information about a bachelor’s in urban studies/affairs from Carnegie Mellon University

2

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

31 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in urban studies/affairs has to look into University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Pittsburgh.More information about a bachelor’s in urban studies/affairs from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

4

Haverford College
Haverford, PA

6 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in urban studies/affairs needs to look into Haverford College. Located in the large suburb of Haverford, Haverford is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in urban studies/affairs from Haverford College

5

Albright College
Reading, PA

1 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Reading, Albright is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in urban studies/affairs from Albright College

Best Urban Studies/Affairs Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Urban Studies/Affairs Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	198
Maryland	370	8
New Jersey	351	12
District of Columbia	226	6

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Urban Studies/Affairs Related Rankings by Major

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Andrew Bossi. More about our data sources and methodologies.