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Urban Studies at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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Urban Studies at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

If you plan to study urban studies, take a look at what University of Nevada - Las Vegas has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and has a total student population of 31,142. Of the 4,885 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Nevada - Las Vegas in 2021, 35 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.

UNLV Urban Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Studies

Online Classes Are Available at UNLV

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UNLV offers distance education options for urban studies at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

UNLV Urban Studies Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The urban studies major at UNLV 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 16

Urban Studies Student Demographics at UNLV

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

UNLV Urban Studies Bachelor’s Program

46% Women
63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 35 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in urban studies from UNLV in 2021, 54% were men and 46% were women. The typical urban studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at UNLV since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 Nevada - Las Vegas with a bachelor's in urban studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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

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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation Jobs in NV Average Salary in NV
Managers 7,120 $102,060
Urban and Regional Planners 220 $81,300

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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