Urban Studies/Affairs.

CIP Code: 45.12 • Social Sciences

Instructional content is defined in code 45.1201.

Colleges Offering

109

Avg. Median Earnings

$62,989

Highest Earnings

$79,807

Highest Earnings

Graduates from Barnard College earn the highest median salary at $79,807

Career Paths & Salaries

Common careers for graduates with this degree, including national median salaries from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2023)

Managers, All Other

SOC Code: 11-9199

$141,900

median salary

Hourly Wage

$68.22/hr

Total Jobs

622,190

Sociologists

SOC Code: 19-3041

$106,030

median salary

Hourly Wage

$50.98/hr

Total Jobs

2,260

Urban and Regional Planners

SOC Code: 19-3051

$89,320

median salary

Hourly Wage

$42.94/hr

Total Jobs

44,230

Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other

SOC Code: 25-1069

$72,990

median salary

Hourly Wage

N/A

Total Jobs

16,580

Data source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2023)

What Urban Studies/Affairs. graduates actually earn

Real federal earnings data with honest ranges — a 10-year outlook per school, shown as a band instead of a single made-up number.

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Colleges Offering Urban Studies/Affairs.

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Albright College

Reading, PA

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Aquinas College

Grand Rapids, MI

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Arizona State University Campus Immersion

Tempe, AZ

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Augsburg University

Minneapolis, MN

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Barnard College

New York, NY

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$79,807

1-Year Earnings

$76,413

Biola University

La Mirada, CA

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Boise State University

Boise, ID

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Boston University

Boston, MA

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Brown University

Providence, RI

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$73,905

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Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr, PA

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California State University-Northridge

Northridge, CA

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$72,148

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Calvin University

Grand Rapids, MI

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Canisius University

Buffalo, NY

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Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

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Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

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$53,582

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$41,111

College of Charleston

Charleston, SC

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Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY

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Coppin State University

Baltimore, MD

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CUNY Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

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CUNY City College

New York, NY

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CUNY Graduate School and University Center

New York, NY

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CUNY Hunter College

New York, NY

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CUNY Queens College

Queens, NY

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$74,979

1-Year Earnings

$47,592

Dillard University

New Orleans, LA

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Elmhurst University

Elmhurst, IL

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