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2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning 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.

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 Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the New England Region to see which 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 .

Our analysis found Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the most popular school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

The excellent programs at Harvard University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban and regional planning schools in the New England Region . Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the New England Region list. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

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#4

Boston University

Boston, MA

The excellent programs at Boston University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban and regional planning schools in the New England Region . Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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Out of the 10 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the # 5 spot on the list. UMass Boston is a large public school located in the city of Boston.

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University of Rhode Island landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular urban and regional planning programs. URI is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

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University of Southern Maine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for urban and regional planning students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Roger Williams University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for urban and regional planning students. It came in at #8 on the list. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bristol.

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#8

Unity College

Unity, ME

Unity College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular urban and regional planning programs. Unity is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Unity.

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#10

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

University of Vermont did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for urban and regional planning students. It came in at #10 on the list. UVM is a large public school located in the small city of Burlington.

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Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 125
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 10 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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