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2023 Most Popular Urban Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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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.

The Most Popular Urban Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which graduate certificate 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.

Check out the urban studies graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

Our 2023 rankings named San Jose State University the most popular school in California for urban studies students working on their graduate certificate. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

Women make up 50% of the urban studies majors at the school.

Read full report on Urban Studies at San Jose State University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means California State University - Long Beach is a great place for urban studies students working on their graduate certificate. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

Women make up 33% of the urban studies majors at the school.

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Best Urban Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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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 2 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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