Bachelor's degree · Social sciences · CIP 45.12
Urban Studies/Affairs: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 77 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Urban Studies/Affairs, together awarding 904 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $47,592 one year after finishing and $70,107 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $21,311 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 9 of 71; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Urban Studies/Affairs
| University of California-Irvine Irvine · Public | CA | 71 | $44,874 | $64,892 | $12,250 |
| University of California-San Diego La Jolla · Public | CA | 54 | $49,555 | $79,449 | $8,891 |
| New York University New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 38 | n/a | $79,294 | n/a |
| University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma · Public | WA | 37 | $44,690 | $69,098 | $19,078 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond · Public | VA | 37 | $44,334 | $61,375 | $19,250 |
| Barnard College New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 31 | $76,413 | $76,788 | $13,192 |
| California State University-Northridge Northridge · Public | CA | 29 | n/a | $77,786 | n/a |
| Portland State University Portland · Public | OR | 27 | $48,714 | n/a | $28,050 |
| Brown University Providence · Private nonprofit | RI | 26 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley · Public | CA | 26 | $70,981 | $84,891 | n/a |
| CUNY Hunter College New York · Public | NY | 24 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| San Diego State University San Diego · Public | CA | 24 | $38,722 | n/a | $15,000 |
| CUNY Queens College Queens · Public | NY | 23 | $47,592 | $69,106 | n/a |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas · Public | NV | 22 | $53,345 | n/a | $34,875 |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin · Public | TX | 21 | $55,246 | n/a | n/a |
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia · Private nonprofit | PA | 20 | n/a | $73,534 | n/a |
| University of Connecticut Storrs · Public | CT | 19 | $43,859 | $71,108 | $27,000 |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis · Public | MN | 19 | $48,776 | $65,552 | $21,311 |
| Trinity College Hartford · Private nonprofit | CT | 18 | n/a | n/a | $24,562 |
| Fordham University Bronx · Private nonprofit | NY | 17 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Cleveland State University Cleveland · Public | OH | 16 | $41,111 | $53,097 | $21,500 |
| University at Albany Albany · Public | NY | 16 | n/a | $57,074 | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh · Public | PA | 16 | $41,188 | n/a | n/a |
| Stanford University Stanford · Private nonprofit | CA | 15 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo · Public | NY | 14 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Wayne State University Detroit · Public | MI | 13 | n/a | $68,577 | n/a |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick · Public | NJ | 12 | n/a | $82,844 | $25,375 |
| San Francisco State University San Francisco · Public | CA | 12 | $62,498 | $71,682 | n/a |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles · Private nonprofit | CA | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr · Private nonprofit | PA | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| College of Charleston Charleston · Public | SC | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Haverford College Haverford · Private nonprofit | PA | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of New Orleans New Orleans · Public | LA | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of the District of Columbia Washington · Public | DC | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Vassar College Poughkeepsie · Private nonprofit | NY | 9 | $24,616 | $58,239 | n/a |
| Trinity University San Antonio · Private nonprofit | TX | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Rhodes College Memphis · Private nonprofit | TN | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tennessee State University Nashville · Public | TN | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles · Private nonprofit | CA | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Boise State University Boise · Public | ID | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati · Public | OH | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Louisville Louisville · Public | KY | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Worcester State University Worcester · Public | MA | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York · Public | NY | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato · Public | MN | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ohio University-Main Campus Athens · Public | OH | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee · Public | WI | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Augsburg University Minneapolis · Private nonprofit | MN | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Morgan State University Baltimore · Public | MD | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Quick facts: Urban Studies/Affairs
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Urban Studies/Affairs?
- The College Scorecard lists 77 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Urban Studies/Affairs.
- How much do Urban Studies/Affairs graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $47,592 one year after graduation (17 institutions reporting) and $70,107 five years after graduation (18 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Urban Studies/Affairs graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: University of California-Berkeley ($84,891), Rutgers University-New Brunswick ($82,844), University of California-San Diego ($79,449), New York University ($79,294), and California State University-Northridge ($77,786).
- How much student debt do Urban Studies/Affairs graduates have?
- The median institution's Urban Studies/Affairs graduates leave with $21,311 in federal student loans (13 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Urban Studies/Affairs degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: University of California-Irvine (71), University of California-San Diego (54), New York University (38), University of Washington-Tacoma Campus (37), and Virginia Commonwealth University (37).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Urban Studies/Affairs (CIP code 45.12), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.