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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 students received a bachelor's degree in urban studies from UT Austin.

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

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	2
Most Focused Urban Studies Basic Certificate Schools	3

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

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 students earned a bachelor's degree in urban studies from UT Austin. About 41% of these graduates were women and the other 59% were men. The typical urban studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Austin since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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.