Urban Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

Every urban studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the urban studies program at The University of Texas at Austin stacks up to those at other schools.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 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.

UT Austin Urban Studies Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Urban Studies (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Studies

UT Austin Urban Studies Rankings

The urban studies major at UT Austin 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 UT Austin

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

UT Austin Urban Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of urban studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% 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 UT Austin since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in urban studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Urban Studies

Urban Studies majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at Austin. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Urban Studies/Affairs	29

Related Majors

• Geography & Cartography
• International Relations & National Security
• Anthropology
• Sociology
• 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Urban and Regional Planners	2,270	$69,070
Social Sciences Professors	980	$61,910

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.