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2023 Most Popular Online Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools

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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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

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

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Harvard University the most popular online school in the United States for urban and regional planning students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 32% of the urban planning majors at the school.

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#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population.

About 31% of the students majoring in urban planning at the school are women while 69% are male.

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#3

Delaware Valley University

Doylestown, PA

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Delaware Valley University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban and regional planning schools in the United States. DelVal is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Doylestown.

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#3

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Out of the 4 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college 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.

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 4 schools only.

  • 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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