Urban Studies/Affairs at New York 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 New York University stacks up to those at other schools.

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/Affairs section at the bottom of this page.

NYU Urban Studies/Affairs Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Affairs

NYU Urban Studies/Affairs Rankings

The urban affairs major at NYU 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 NYU

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

NYU Urban Studies/Affairs Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of urban affairs bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical urban affairs 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.

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

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

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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.