2027 Best Urban Studies/Affairs Schools in Rhode Island
Urban Studies/Affairs degree programs prepare students for a range of careers in the field. The schools below stand out for the quality of their urban studies/affairs programs.
For its 2027 ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for urban studies/affairs students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Urban Studies/Affairs in Rhode Island
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the urban studies/affairs degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Urban Studies/Affairs
Brown University tops our 2027 ranking of the best urban studies/affairs schools. Set in the city of Providence, Brown University is a large private not-for-profit institution. Brown University graduates 96% of students within six years. Brown University awarded about 12 urban studies/affairs degrees in the most recent data year. Urban Studies/affairs graduates of Brown University earn a median of $48,731 early in their careers. Students borrow a median of $14,000 to complete this degree.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
