Urban Studies at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus

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

UW Tacoma is located in Tacoma, Washington and has a total student population of 5,364. Of the 1,594 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Washington - Tacoma Campus in 2021, 36 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.

UW Tacoma Urban Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Studies

UW Tacoma Urban Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the urban studies progam at UW Tacoma 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 UW Tacoma 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 Focused Urban Studies Schools	9
	13
Best Value Urban Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17

Earnings of UW Tacoma Urban Studies Graduates

The median salary of urban studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW Tacoma is $44,241. This is 25% higher than $35,454, which is the national average for all urban studies bachelor's degree recipients.

Urban Studies Student Demographics at UW Tacoma

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

UW Tacoma Urban Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 64% of urban studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 36% went to women. The typical urban studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at UW Tacoma since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 Washington - Tacoma Campus with a bachelor's in urban studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UW Tacoma 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
• Other Social Sciences

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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Tacoma Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Urban and Regional Planners	2,110	$81,250
Social Sciences Professors	140	$69,750
Sociologists	80	$74,130

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.