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Urban Studies at New York University

Urban Studies at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and approximately 52,775 students attend the school each year.

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.

NYU Urban Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Studies

NYU Urban Studies Rankings

The urban studies major at NYU 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.

Urban Studies Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU Urban Studies Bachelor’s Program

50% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of urban studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical urban studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at NYU since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 4
International Students 6
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Urban Studies

If you plan to be a urban studies major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at New York University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Urban Studies/Affairs 33

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 NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Managers 16,600 $124,160
Social Sciences Professors 2,570 $101,250
Urban and Regional Planners 1,410 $76,730
Sociologists 190 $75,800

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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