by our College Data Analytics TeamStudents interested in urban studies/affairs, take a look at other closely related fields of study. The sections below cover majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
The majors below prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of urban studies/affairs, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. They are ranked by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods | 3 | 1,929 |
| Rural Sociology | 3 | 61 |
| Sociology, Other | 3 | 3 |
| Survey Research/Methodology | 3 | 13 |
| Applied Demography | 2 | — |
| Applied/Public Sociology | 2 | 105 |
| City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning | 2 | 2,362 |
| Criminology | 2 | 10,365 |
| Demography and Population Studies | 2 | 112 |
| Demography, Other | 2 | — |
A specialization within Urban Studies/Affairs, urban studies/affairs shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
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