Urban Studies at Furman University

If you plan to study urban studies, take a look at what Furman University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Furman is located in Greenville, South Carolina and has a total student population of 2,567. Of the 780 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Furman University in 2021, 4 of them were urban studies majors.

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

Furman Urban Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Studies

Furman Urban Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks urban studies programs across the country. The following shows how Furman performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The urban studies major at Furman is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Urban Studies. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Urban Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
Best Urban Studies Schools	22
Most Focused Urban Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
	40
Best Value Urban Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52
Most Popular Urban Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	56
Most Popular Urban Studies Schools	67

Urban Studies Student Demographics at Furman

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

Furman Urban Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Urban Studies from Furman in 2020-2021, 75% were men and 25% were women. The typical urban studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at Furman since its program graduates 30% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its urban studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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

Furman also has a doctoral program available in urban studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Anthropology
• Sociology
• Economics
• Political Science & Government

Careers That Urban Studies Grads May Go Into

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

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Managers	1,760	$100,890
Urban and Regional Planners	360	$64,700
Social Sciences Professors	170	$92,140

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 Greengrass090 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.