Urban Studies/Affairs at Brown University

Every urban studies/affairs school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the urban affairs program at Brown University stacks up to those at other schools.

Brown is located in Providence, Rhode Island and approximately 9,948 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Urban Studies/Affairs section at the bottom of this page.

Brown Urban Studies/Affairs Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Affairs

Brown Urban Studies/Affairs Rankings

The urban affairs major at Brown is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Urban Studies/Affairs. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Urban Affairs Student Demographics at Brown

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the urban affairs majors at Brown University.

Brown Urban Studies/Affairs Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of urban affairs bachelor's degrees went to men and 62% went to women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in urban affairs at Brown are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brown University with a bachelor's in urban affairs.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Urban Affairs Grads May Go Into

A degree in urban affairs can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for RI, the home state for Brown University.

Occupation	Jobs in RI	Average Salary in RI
Managers	830	$114,660
Urban and Regional Planners	170	$74,510
Social Sciences Professors	40	$122,120

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Ad Meskens under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.