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2023 Best Value Urban Studies Schools in Maryland

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$10,955 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,570 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Urban Studies School for You

With 15 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, urban studies is the #127 most popular major in Maryland.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Urban Studies Schools in Maryland ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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 Colleges.

Best Urban Studies School

$10,955 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Maryland - College Park to be the best value school for urban studies students who want to pursue a degree in Maryland. UMCP is a very large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMCP are $10,955 a year.

UMCP also made our Best Urban Studies Schools in Maryland list, coming in at #2.

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Best Value Urban Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Urban Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 148
Pennsylvania 2
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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