2024 Best Urban Studies/Affairs Schools in Pennsylvania

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.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of urban studies/affairs. Combined, these schools handed out 82 degrees in urban studies/affairs to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Urban Studies/Affairs School

The urban affairs program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Urban Studies/Affairs rankings. 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.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Urban Studies/Affairs Degree Level

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

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.

Top Pennsylvania Schools in Urban Affairs

1

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1st Most Popular In PA

32 Urban Affairs Degrees Awarded

University of Pennsylvania is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in urban studies/affairs. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.

There were about 32 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available.

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2

Haverford College
Haverford, PA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4th Most Popular In PA

Haverford College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in urban studies/affairs. Haverford is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Haverford. This college ranks 13th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.

There were about 6 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at Haverford in the most recent year we have data available.

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2

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

6th Most Popular In PA

Carnegie Mellon University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in urban studies/affairs. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.

There were about 1 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent data year.

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3

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2nd Most Popular In PA

31 Urban Affairs Degrees Awarded

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in urban studies/affairs. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #79 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Pitt is a great university overall.

There were roughly 31 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent data year.

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5

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

5th Most Popular In PA

Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.

There were approximately 2 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent data year.

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6

Albright College
Reading, PA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

6th Most Popular In PA

Albright is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Reading. This college ranks 72nd out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.

There were roughly 1 urban studies/affairs students who graduated with this degree at Albright in the most recent data year.

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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	1,026	343
Maryland	618	23
New Jersey	614	12
District of Columbia	441	7
Delaware	345	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Urban Affairs

Urban Studies/Affairs is one of 0 different types of Urban Studies programs to choose from.

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).
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