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2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the New England Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top New England Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Urban & Regional Planning

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our analysis found Harvard University to be the best school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Rhode Island helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban and regional planning schools in the New England Region . URI is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Roger Williams University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.

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Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges by State

Explore the best urban and regional planning colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 125
Rhode Island 9
Maine 9
Vermont 0

Urban & Regional Planning is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

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 3 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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