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2023 Most Popular Urban Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Finding the Best Urban Studies Graduate Certificate 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Urban Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region 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 the Middle Atlantic Region .

Our 2023 rankings named The Graduate Center, CUNY the most popular school in the Middle Atlantic Region for urban studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 14 students majoring in urban studies at The Graduate Center, 21% are male and 79% are female.

Read full report on Urban Studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY

#2

University at Albany

Albany, NY

Out of the 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Albany landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Albany, UAlbany is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Urban Studies at University at Albany Report

Best Urban Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best urban studies schools 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

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 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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