Urban Studies at University of Michigan - Dearborn

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

UM Dearborn is located in Dearborn, Michigan and approximately 8,783 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 4 urban studies majors received their bachelor's degree from UM Dearborn.

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.

UM Dearborn Urban Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Studies

UM Dearborn Urban Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the urban studies progam at UM Dearborn 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 UM Dearborn 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
Most Popular Urban Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	56
	79

Urban Studies Student Demographics at UM Dearborn

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

UM Dearborn Urban Studies Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students earned a bachelor's degree in urban studies from UM Dearborn. About 75% of these graduates were women and the other 25% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 University of Michigan - Dearborn with a bachelor's in urban studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Sociology
• Anthropology
• General Social Sciences
• Economics
• 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 MI, the home state for University of Michigan - Dearborn.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Managers	6,370	$98,780
Urban and Regional Planners	960	$65,390
Social Sciences Professors	260	$77,720
Sociologists	110	$88,180

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 Dave Parker under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.