Featured Programs

This list identifies university-based programs that may be of interest to scholars, students, and practitioners working in communities of color and poor central city neighborhoods.

 

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Featured Program of the Month

Past Featured Programs

Bachelors of Urban Ecology - University of Utah

Brock University - Social Justice and Equity Studies, MA

 

California State University, Dominguez Hills: Master's in Social Work (MSW) 

 

Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership: Masters in Sustainability Leadership

 

Canisius College, Urban Studies Program

 

Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies, Northeastern Illinois University

 

The Center for Philanthropy at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

 

Center for Sports and Urban Policy, Georgia State University

 

Center for the Study of Social and Global Justice: University of Nottingham 

 

Center for Urban Affairs, University of Alabama Birmingham

 

Chicago State University: Department of Geography, Sociology, History, African American Studies and Anthropology (GSHAA)
 

Chicano/a and Latino/a Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison

 

City, Action, Power and Practice (CAPP) Concentration, Sociology: DePaul University

 

City, Culture, and Community Ph.D. Program, Tulane University

 

Civil Society and Community Research: University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

College of Public Service and Urban Affairs: Tennessee State University  

 

Colorado State University, MBA in Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise

 

Columbia University, Human Rights Studies

 

Community and Environmental Planning BS: University of New Hampshire  

 

Community Studies Department, UC-Santa Cruz

 

Columbia University: Masters Degree Program in Climate & Society

 

Criminology and Social Justice MA: Ryerson University

Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Program, University of Vermont

 

Critical Urbanism Master's Degree, University of Basel

 

Department of Africology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee  

 

Department of African American Studies, Northeastern University

 

Department of Afro-American Studies, Howard University

 

Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Memphis

 

Department of Critical Culture, Gender & Race Studies, Washington State University 

 

Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, University of Florida

 

Department of Geography and Planning, Univeristy at Albany

 

Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Wayne State University

 

Deptartment of Human & Organizational Development , Peabody College, Vanderbilt University  

 

Department of Pan African Studies, California State University Northridge

 

Department of Planning and Urban Studies, University of New Orleans

Department of Politics and Public Administration: Ryerson University 

Department of Political Science, Clark Atlanta University

 

Department of Political Science, Loyola University New Orleans

 

Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies, University of Akron

 

Department of Public Administration: University of Texas San Antonio

 

Department of Social Change and Development, University of Wisconsin Green Bay

 

Department of Sociology, Brooklyn College, CUNY

 

Department of Sociology, Georgia State University  

 

Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, University of Toronto

 

Department of Sociology, University of North Texas

 

Development Sociology Department, Cornell University

 

Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Jackson State University

 

Department of Urban Affairs and Geography, Wright State University 

 

East Carolina University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning

 

Eastern Kentucky University: Social Justice Studies

 

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University

 

Eugene Lang College, New School, BA in Urban Studies

Global Development and Social Justice, Master of Arts, St. John's University 

 

Global Urban Studies Program, Michigan State University 

 

Graduate Program in City & Regional Planning, Morgan State University

 

Grambling State University, Master's in Public Administration

 

Gran Sasso Science Institute, Ph.D. in Urban Studies

Georgia State University: Masters of Interdisciplinary Studies in Urban Studies

 

Graduate Certificate in Race and Social Justice: University of New Mexico

 

The Sciences Po Urban School and the Centro de Estudios Démograficos, Urbanos e Ambientales (CEDUA) at El Colegio de Mexico: Dual Masters Degree in Comparative Urban Governance

Human Rights and Social Justice Concentration: Cornell Institute for Public Affairs

 

Humboldt State University, Environment & Community Masters of Arts in Social Science    

 

Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs, Wichita State University

 

Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Community and Public Affairs at Binghamton University  

 

James and Delrose Eigel Center for Community Engagement, Xavier University

 

Joint PhD Program in Urban Systems (New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rutgers University Newark, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey) 

 

Labor Studies Program, Indiana University

 

Laboratory of Critical Urbanism, EHU Vilnius

 

Leadership Online for Today: University of Missouri Extension

 

Linton Global College, Hannam University

 

M.A. in Sociology and Social Justice: Kean University

 

Masters of Arts in Inner City Studies Education, Northeastern Illinois University

 

Masters of Arts in Sustainability Studies, Ramapo College

 

Masters in Sociology and Social Justice, Kean University

 

Master of Science in Restorative Practices: International Institute for Restorative Practices

Masters Track in Dominican Studies: CUNY  

 

MSc, Urban Sociology Track, University of Amsterdam

 

The New School, Public & Urban Policy PhD Program

 

The National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University

 

North Central College, Chicago Area Studies

 

Pacifica Graduate Institute, the M.A./Ph.D. in Depth Psychology  

 

Parsons School of Design at The New School: M.A. in Theories of Urban Practice and M.S. in Design and Urban Ecologies  

 

Ph.D. in Planning, Design and the Built Environment, Clemson University

 

Ph.D. in Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Delaware

 

Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning, University at Buffalo

 

Marygrove College: Masters of Arts in Social Justice

 

Masters in Anthropology and Social Change: California Institute of Integral Studies

 

Masters in Urban and Regional Planning: Georgetown University

 

Masters of Urban Planning, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

 

Notre Dame University, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies  

 

Public Administration, North Carolina State University  

 

The Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Case Western Reserve University

 

Masters in Public Administration and Nonprofit Management, Buffalo State College

 

Masters in Public Affairs and Urban Policy, Loyola University Chicago

 

Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University

 

Milano, The New School for Management and Urban Policy 

 

Niagara University: Rose Bente Lee Ostapenko Center for Race Equality & Mission

Nonprofit Studies Program - Georgia State University

Pacific Oaks College: MA in Advocacy & Social Justice Program  

Peace and Reconciliation Studies, University of Maine

 

PhD in Public Affairs and Community Development, Rutgers-Camden

 

Race and Ethnic Studies: St. Olaf College

 

Simon Fraser University: Restorative Justice Certificate

 

Ryerson University, Urban and Regional Planning  

 

Savannah State University: MS in Urban Studies and Planning

 

School of Planning, University of Cincinnati

School of Social Work, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

 

School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Memphis

Social Justice Program, University of Colorado - Denver

 

Social Justice Studies, Miami University

 

Social Welfare and Social Justice, California State University Northridge  

 

Sociology Department, Rice University

 

St. Lawrence University, Sociology Department  

 

SUNY Binghamton, MS/MA in Sustainable Communities  

 

Syracuse University, Department of African American Studies

 

Syracuse University Department of Geography

 

 

Syracuse University Community Geography Program

 

 

Texas Southern University, Urban Planning & Environmental Policy  

UCLA: BA in Public Affairs

UMass-Amherst, Advocacy and Social Justice Studies

 

UMass-Amherst, Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning

 

University of British Columbia: Master of Arts in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (MA)

University at Buffalo, Masters of Education with a concentration in Economics and Education Policy Analysis  

 

University of California - Riverside, Public Policy Program  

 

University of Colorado-Boulder: Masters of the Environment (MENV)

 

University of Denver: Global Community Engagement

 

University of Florida, Online MA in Urban and Regional Planning

 

University of Massachusetts Boston, John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies

 

University of Miami, Masters in Community Social Change

 

University of Miami, Community Well-Being PhD Program 

 

University of Nebraska-Omaha, Online Master of Public Administration  

 

University of New Mexico: Graduate Certificate in Race and Social Justice

 

University of San Francisco, Masters of Arts in Urban Affairs

 

 

 

University of Washington, Tacoma: Urban Studies, MA Community Planning, MS Geospatial Technologies, BS Urban Design  

 

UNLV: School of Public Policy and Leadership

 

Urban and Environmental Policy, Occidental College

 

Urban Community Studies, University of Connecticut

 

Urban Development and Social Change, Clark University

 

Urban Education Ph.D. Program at the CUNY Graduate Center

 

Urban Education Program, Temple University

 

Urban Education Studies, Ph.D. Program, Indiana University

 

UCD Equality Studies Centre, University College Dublin

 

UCSB, PhD Program in Global Studies  

UMass Amherst, Advocacy and Social Justice Studies

 

Urban and Regional Planning, San Jose State University

 

Urban Studies Department, Barnard College, Columbia University

 

Urban Studies Program, Brown University

 

URBAN STUDIES PROGRAM, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

 

Urban Studies, Fordham University

 

Urban Studies, Loyola Marymont University

 

Urban Studies: Queens College

 

Urban Studies Program: Southern Connecticut State University

 

Urban Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee  

 

Urban Studies, University of Pennsylvania

 

Urban Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh

 

Urban Studies, Wahsington University 

 

Urban Sustainability Program, Brooklyn College-CUNY   

 

Vanderbilt University: PhD in Community Research and Action

 

Virginia Tech, Urban Affairs and Planning

 

Weiss Urban Livability Program, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

 

Westminster College, Masters of Arts in Community Leadership  

 

York University: Masters in Environmental Studies  

 

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