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Best Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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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.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the New England Region to see which master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region

Check out the urban planning master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top New England Region Schools for a Master's in Urban & Regional Planning

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the New England Region for urban and regional planning students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Report

#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at University of Massachusetts Amherst

Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges by State

Explore the best urban and regional planning schools 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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