Urban Studies/Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin

68% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a urban affairs school? To help you decide if The University of Texas at Austin is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's urban affairs program.

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/Affairs section at the bottom of this page.

UT Austin Urban Studies/Affairs Degrees Available

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

UT Austin Urban Studies/Affairs Rankings

The urban affairs major at UT Austin 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 UT Austin

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

UT Austin Urban Studies/Affairs Bachelor’s Program

45% Women

68% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of urban affairs bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% 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 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 affairs 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 affairs.

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

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 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
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