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2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor'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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 27 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Urban & Regional Planning program at each school on the list.

Check out the urban planning doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

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

Of the 9 students majoring in urban planning at MIT, 56% are male and 44% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

About 75% of the students majoring in urban planning at the school are women while 25% are male.

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Out of the 27 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 67% of the urban planning majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in urban planning at the school are women while 50% are male.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of California - Irvine helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular urban and regional planning schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 83% of the students majoring in urban planning at the school are women while 17% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

Women make up 50% of the urban planning majors at the school.

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University of Southern California came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Of the 5 students majoring in urban planning at USC, 80% are male and 20% are female.

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University of California - Los Angeles came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in urban planning at UCLA, 60% are male and 40% are female.

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University of Maryland - College Park did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for urban and regional planning students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UMCP is a very large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.

About 60% of the students majoring in urban planning at the school are women while 40% are male.

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public school located in the small city of New Brunswick.

About 75% of the students majoring in urban planning at the school are women while 25% are male.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at Rutgers University - New Brunswick Report

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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 26 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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