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2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Master'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 Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 59 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

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

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

Our analysis found Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the best school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

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#2

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools list. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

New York University

New York, NY

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means New York University is a great place for urban and regional planning students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools list. Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.

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University of California - Berkeley landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree urban and regional planning programs. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a very large student population.

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#7

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

With a ranking of #7, University of Miami did quite well on this year’s best schools for urban and regional planning students working on their master’s degree. U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Coral Gables.

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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 master’s degree. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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#9

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Auburn University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree urban and regional planning programs. Auburn is a very large public school located in the city of Auburn.

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#10

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly 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.

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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 25 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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