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2023 Best Value Urban Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$15,518 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Urban Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

With 41 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, urban studies is the #96 most popular major in Virginia.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

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 Virginia 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 analysis found Virginia Commonwealth University to be the best value school for urban studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Virginia. VCU is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richmond.

VCU graduate students pay an average of $15,518 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Urban Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Urban Studies Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 26
Kentucky 3
Louisiana 4
South Carolina 3

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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