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Urban & Regional Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Urban & Regional Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

If you are interested in studying urban and regional planning, you may want to check out the program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 11,254 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students received their master's degree in urban planning.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Urban & Regional Planning section at the bottom of this page.

MIT Urban & Regional Planning Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Urban Planning
  • Doctorate Degree in Urban Planning

MIT Urban & Regional Planning Rankings

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in urban planning, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Urban Planning Student Demographics at MIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the urban planning majors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MIT Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Program

71% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 45 urban planning students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from MIT, about 29% were men and 71% were women.

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In the urban planning master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a master's in urban planning.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 18
International Students 12
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That Urban Planning Grads May Go Into

A degree in urban planning can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Architectural and Engineering Managers 8,190 $156,250
Urban and Regional Planners 1,250 $81,660
Social Sciences Professors 600 $92,670
Architecture Professors 590 $128,210

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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