Urban Studies is about average in terms of popularity for bachelor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #163 out of the 363 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
There was only one school in Virginia to review for the 2025 Best Urban Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. If you would like to see more options to choose from, check out the Best Bachelor's Degree Schools in the United States ranking..
The urban studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Urban Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia.
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Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in urban studies has to check out Virginia Commonwealth University. VCU is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Richmond.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the urban studies program state that they receive average early career wages of $33,626.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
