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2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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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.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for urban planning majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - College Station to be the most popular school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

About 73% of the students majoring in urban planning at the school are women while 27% are male.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great place for urban and regional planning students working on their graduate certificate. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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 5 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the # 3 spot on the list. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

Of the 7 students majoring in urban planning at UT Arlington, 14% are male and 86% are female.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at The University of Texas at Arlington Report

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at The University of Texas at San Antonio helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular urban and regional planning schools in the Southwest Region . UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

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

Full Urban & Regional Planning at The University of Texas at San Antonio Report

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular urban and regional planning schools in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

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Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Texas 114
Arizona 39
New Mexico 11

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 5 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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