2024 Best Urban Studies/Affairs Schools in Tennessee

If you plan on majoring in urban studies/affairs, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #346 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for urban studies/affairs students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 21 degrees in urban studies/affairs to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Urban Studies/Affairs Schools List

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 Tennessee list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Urban Studies/Affairs in Tennessee

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the urban affairs degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Tennessee Schools in Urban Affairs

1

Rhodes College
Memphis, TN

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in urban studies/affairs has to check out Rhodes College. Located in the large city of Memphis, Rhodes College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a degree in urban studies/affairs from Rhodes College

2

Tennessee State University
Nashville, TN

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's hard to beat Tennessee State University if you want to pursue a degree in urban studies/affairs. Located in the city of Nashville, Tennessee State University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a degree in urban studies/affairs from Tennessee State University

Best Urban Studies/Affairs Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	690	23
Virginia	630	80
South Carolina	530	10
Kentucky	518	3
Mississippi	501	0
Louisiana	489	17

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Urban Studies/Affairs Related Rankings by Major

One of 0 majors within the Urban Studies area of study, Urban Studies/Affairs has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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