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2023 Best Value Urban Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$27,803 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Urban Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, urban studies was ranked #186 in the country. In fact 432 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

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 the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Check out the urban studies graduate certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Urban Studies Graduate Certificate School

Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - Kansas City the best value school in the Plains States Region for urban studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMKC are $27,803 a year.

Read full report on Urban Studies at University of Missouri - Kansas City

Best Urban Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best urban studies colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1
Minnesota 0
Nebraska 4

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

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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