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2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree School for You

Urban & Regional Planning is the #110 most popular major in the country with 1,613 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 23 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for urban planning majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the United States for urban and regional planning students working on their doctor’s degree. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population.

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#3

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Harvard University is a great place for urban and regional planning students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UMCP is a very large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for urban and regional planning students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Atlanta.

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University of California - Los Angeles did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for urban and regional planning students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Southern California did quite well on this year’s best schools for urban and regional planning students working on their doctor’s degree. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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#9

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree urban and regional planning programs. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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The University of Texas at Austin came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a very large student population.

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One of 8 majors within the area of study, urban and regional planning has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology 3,366
General Architecture 1,096
Landscape Architecture 285
Real Estate Development 223
Interior Architecture 169

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 23 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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