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2023 Most Popular Urban Studies Master's Degree Schools in California

3 Colleges
$55,322 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Urban Studies Master's Degree 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Urban Studies Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for urban studies majors pursuing a master's degree.

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

Women make up 51% of the urban studies majors at the school.

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#2

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of San Francisco is a great place for urban studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Women make up 29% of the urban studies majors at the school.

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#3

San Francisco Art Institute

San Francisco, CA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means San Francisco Art Institute is a great place for urban studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFAI is a private not-for-profit school with a 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 3 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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