Urban Studies at Washington University in St Louis

Every urban studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the urban studies program at Washington University in St Louis stacks up to those at other schools.

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and approximately 15,449 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 5 urban studies majors received their bachelor's degree from WUSTL.

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.

WUSTL Urban Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Studies

WUSTL Urban Studies Rankings

The urban studies major at WUSTL 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.

Urban Studies Student Demographics at WUSTL

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the urban studies majors at Washington University in St Louis.

WUSTL Urban Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 urban studies students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from WUSTL, about 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical urban studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at WUSTL since its program graduates 15% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Washington University in St Louis with a bachelor's in urban studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Archeology
• International Relations & National Security
• General Social Sciences
• Sociology
• 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 MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Managers	3,980	$97,820
Urban and Regional Planners	260	$71,080
Social Sciences Professors	100	$66,850

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 Bachrach44 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.