2023 Best Value Urban Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Urban Studies 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Urban Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for urban studies students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
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2023 Best Value Urban Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Urban Studies Colleges.
Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Urban Studies
Our analysis found The Graduate Center, CUNY to be the best value school for urban studies students who want to pursue a degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The Graduate Center undergraduate students pay an average of $15,360 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, The Graduate Center also is in the top 10% of our Best Urban Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
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The excellent programs at Hunter College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban studies schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of New York, Hunter is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Hunter are $15,332 a year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Urban Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.
UMCP undergraduate students pay an average of $38,638 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UMCP also did well on our Best Urban Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Queens College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Queens, QC is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at QC are $15,488 a year.
The excellent programs at Fordham University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban studies schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Fordham U undergraduate students pay an average of $55,776 in tuition and fees each year.
Drexel University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Urban Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Drexel are $57,136 a year.
University of the District of Columbia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for urban studies students. It came in at #7 on the list. University of the District of Columbia is a small public school located in the large city of Washington.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of the District of Columbia are $13,004 per year.
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The New School came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Urban Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large city of New York, New School University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at New School University are $52,338 a year.
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 |
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Urban Studies Related Majors for Urban Studies
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 averages are for the top 8 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.
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