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2023 Best Value Urban Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

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$23,640 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Urban Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

Urban Studies is the #186 most popular major in the country with 432 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Urban Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Urban Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Urban Studies Graduate Certificate School

Our 2023 rankings named The Graduate Center, CUNY the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for urban studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at The Graduate Center are $23,640 a year.

Full Urban Studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY Report

Best Urban Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best urban studies colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 148
Pennsylvania 2
Maryland 15
New Jersey 0
District of Columbia 1
Delaware 0

One of 12 majors within the area of study, urban studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Urban Studies

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 values are for the top school 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.

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