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2023 Most Popular Urban Studies Schools in California

5 Colleges
$39,188 Avg Salary
$15,733 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Urban Studies School for You

Urban Studies is the #130 most popular major in California with 101 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Urban Studies Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in California to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Urban Studies program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Urban Studies Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in California for urban studies students. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means San Jose State University is a great place for urban studies students. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

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#3

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of San Francisco is a great place for urban studies students. Located in the large city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Long Beach. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Urban Studies Schools in California list. CSULB is a very large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

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#5

San Francisco Art Institute

San Francisco, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend San Francisco Art Institute. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Urban Studies Schools in California list. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFAI is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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Best Urban Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Urban Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 0
Oregon 7

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

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 5 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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