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2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Massachusetts

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$57,203 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning School for You

In 2020-2021, 125 degrees and certificates were awarded to urban and regional planning students who went to a Massachusetts college or university. This makes it the #87 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Massachusetts to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Massachusetts

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

Top Massachusetts Schools in Urban & Regional Planning

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in Massachusetts for urban and regional planning students. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Report

#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Massachusetts list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize 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 Schools in Massachusetts list. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

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

Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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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