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Best Value Urban Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

2023 Best Value Urban Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$45,843 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,488 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Urban Studies Bachelor's Degree School for You

Urban Studies is the #195 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 82 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Urban Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Pennsylvania to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for urban studies students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Urban Studies

Our 2023 rankings named University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus the best value school in Pennsylvania for urban studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pitt are $20,362 per year. On average, urban studies graduates from Pitt take out $24,247 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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#2

Albright College

Reading, PA

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Albright College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value urban studies schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Reading, Albright is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Albright are $27,678 per year.

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#3

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Out of the 5 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UPenn are $61,710 a year.

UPenn did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Urban Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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#4

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Urban Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

Carnegie Mellon undergraduate students pay an average of $58,524 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Carnegie Mellon also took the #1 spot in our Best Urban Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania rankings.

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#5

Haverford College

Haverford, PA

Out of the 5 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Haverford College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Haverford, Haverford is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Haverford are $60,940 a year.

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Best Value Urban Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Urban Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 357
Maryland 23
New Jersey 12
District of Columbia 7
Delaware 0

One of 12 majors within the area of study, urban studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Urban Studies

Related Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Economics 49,055
Sociology 38,475
General Social Sciences 18,997
International Relations & National Security 14,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Andrew Bossi.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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