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2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools

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Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 33 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs 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.

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

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

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

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

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#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 70% of the urban planning majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list. University of Virginia is a very large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.

About 90% of the students majoring in urban planning at the school are women while 10% are male.

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#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular urban and regional planning schools in the United States. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a fairly 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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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular urban and regional planning schools in the United States. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

Of the 11 students majoring in urban planning at Texas A&M College Station, 27% are male and 73% are female.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. UC is a very large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

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

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University of Rhode Island ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public college with a 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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#6

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for urban and regional planning students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in urban planning at Texas Tech, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for urban and regional planning students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 86% of the urban planning majors at the school.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for urban and regional planning students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 6 students majoring in urban planning at UTSA, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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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 33 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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