Urban & Regional Planning at University of New Orleans

If you plan to study urban and regional planning, take a look at what University of New Orleans has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNO is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and has a total student population of 8,375. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 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.

UNO Urban & Regional Planning Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Urban Planning

UNO Urban & Regional Planning Rankings

Urban Planning Student Demographics at UNO

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the urban planning majors at University of New Orleans.

UNO Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Program

Of the 10 urban planning students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UNO, about 60% were men and 40% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 44% men graduate in urban planning each year. UNO does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 16% more men than average.

Of the students who received a urban planning master's degree from UNO, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the urban planning master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

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 LA, the home state for University of New Orleans.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,300	$151,220
Urban and Regional Planners	270	$71,570

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Infrogmation of New Orleans under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.