Urban Studies at Towson University

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

Towson is located in Towson, Maryland and has a total student population of 21,917. Of the 4,791 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Towson University in 2021, 6 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.

Towson Urban Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Studies

Towson Urban Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the urban studies progam at Towson 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 Towson 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 Schools	34
Most Popular Urban Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	45
Most Focused Urban Studies Schools	78

Urban Studies Student Demographics at Towson

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

Towson Urban Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in urban studies from Towson. About 100% were men and 0% were women. The typical urban studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at Towson since its program graduates 55% more men than average.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in urban studies at Towson 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 Towson University with a bachelor's in urban studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• General Social Sciences
• Geography & Cartography
• International Relations & National Security
• Political Science & Government
• Economics

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 MD, the home state for Towson University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Managers	14,450	$122,050
Urban and Regional Planners	860	$77,750
Social Sciences Professors	300	$87,410
Sociologists	60	$74,540

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 Amouzone under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.