2024 Best Urban Studies/Affairs Schools in New York
12
Colleges in New York
364
Urban Affairs Degrees Awarded
A degree in
urban studies/affairs is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #346 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 12 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for urban studies/affairs students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 364 degrees in urban studies/affairs during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Urban Studies/Affairs School
Your choice of urban studies/affairs school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for urban studies/affairs schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Urban Studies/Affairs Rankings by Degree Level
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 Best Urban Studies/Affairs Schools in New York list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Best Schools for Urban Studies/Affairs in New York
The schools below may not offer all types of urban affairs degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
10 Top New York Schools in Urban Affairs
Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
4th
Most Popular In NY
33
Urban Affairs Degrees Awarded
New York University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in urban studies/affairs. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #27 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 33 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
5th
Most Popular In NY
It's hard to beat Barnard College if you want to pursue a degree in urban studies/affairs. Barnard is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #77 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Barnard is a great college overall.
There were about 20 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at Barnard in the most recent data year.
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It's difficult to beat Columbia University in the City of New York if you want to pursue a degree in urban studies/affairs. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Columbia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 19 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
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Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
3rd
Most Popular In NY
57
Urban Affairs Degrees Awarded
It's hard to beat The Graduate Center, CUNY if you wish to pursue a degree in urban studies/affairs. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #182 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means The Graduate Center is a great school overall.
There were approximately 57 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at The Graduate Center in the most recent data year.
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Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In NY
90
Urban Affairs Degrees Awarded
Hunter is a very large public college located in the city of New York. This college ranks 19th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 90 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at Hunter in the most recent data year.
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Located in the suburb of Poughkeepsie, Vassar is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #178 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Vassar is a great college overall.
There were approximately 15 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at Vassar in the most recent data year.
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Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
8th
Most Popular In NY
Fordham U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Bronx. A Best Colleges rank of #109 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Fordham U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 13 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at Fordham U in the most recent year we have data available.
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Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
2nd
Most Popular In NY
63
Urban Affairs Degrees Awarded
QC is a large public college located in the city of Queens. This college ranks 26th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 63 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at QC in the most recent year we have data available.
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Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
8th
Most Popular In NY
Located in the large city of New York, New School University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. This school ranks 15th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 13 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at New School University in the most recent year we have data available.
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Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
10th
Most Popular In NY
UAlbany is a fairly large public university located in the city of Albany. This university ranks 36th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 11 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at UAlbany in the most recent data year.
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