Urban Studies at Stanford University

What traits are you looking for in a urban studies school? To help you decide if Stanford University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's urban studies program.

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and approximately 15,953 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in urban studies from Stanford.

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.

Stanford Urban Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Studies

Stanford Urban Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the urban studies progam at Stanford compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Stanford 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 Value Urban Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	22
Most Popular Urban Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	28
Best Value Urban Studies Schools	34

Urban Studies Student Demographics at Stanford

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

Stanford Urban Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a bachelor's degree in urban studies from Stanford. About 58% of these graduates were women and the other 42% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 Stanford University with a bachelor's in urban studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Archeology
• Anthropology
• Sociology
• 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 CA, the home state for Stanford University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Urban and Regional Planners	7,950	$93,790
Social Sciences Professors	2,760	$147,680
Sociologists	1,070	$98,560

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 Pere Joan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.