Urban Studies at Rhodes College

If you are interested in studying urban studies, you may want to check out the program at Rhodes College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Rhodes College is located in Memphis, Tennessee and approximately 1,875 students attend the school each year. Of the 463 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rhodes College in 2021, 10 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.

Rhodes College Urban Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Studies

Rhodes College Urban Studies Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The urban studies major at Rhodes College 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
Most Focused Urban Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Popular Urban Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34
Best Urban Studies Schools	45
Most Popular Urban Studies Schools	46
	69
Best Value Urban Studies Schools	84
	86

Urban Studies Student Demographics at Rhodes College

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

Rhodes College Urban Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 urban studies students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Rhodes College, about 30% were men and 70% were women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in urban studies at Rhodes College 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 Rhodes College with a bachelor's in urban studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Rhodes College 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
• Economics
• International Relations & National Security
• 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 TN, the home state for Rhodes College.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Managers	14,480	$83,010
Urban and Regional Planners	300	$60,030
Social Sciences Professors	290	$38,230

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 Ed Uthman, MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.