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2023 Best Value Urban Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,783 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Urban Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

Urban Studies is the #130 most popular major in California with 101 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Urban Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for urban studies students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Urban Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Urban Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Urban Studies

Our 2023 rankings named San Jose State University the best value school in California for urban studies students working on their graduate certificate. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Jose.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at San Jose State are $9,286 per year.

Full Urban Studies at San Jose State University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means California State University - Long Beach is a great value for urban studies students working on their graduate certificate. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the city of Long Beach.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSULB are $8,280 per year.

Read full report on Urban Studies at California State University - Long Beach

Best Value Urban Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Urban Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 0
Oregon 7

Urban Studies is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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.

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