Urban & Regional Planning at Alabama A & M University

If you plan to study urban and regional planning, take a look at what Alabama A & M University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

AAMU is located in Normal, Alabama and approximately 5,977 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 3 urban planning majors received their bachelor's degree from AAMU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Urban & Regional Planning section at the bottom of this page.

AAMU Urban & Regional Planning Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Planning
• Master’s Degree in Urban Planning

AAMU Urban & Regional Planning Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the urban planning progam at AAMU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The urban planning major at AAMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Urban & Regional Planning. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Urban & Regional Planning Schools	3
Most Focused Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools	5

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in urban planning from AAMU. This makes it the #64 most popular school for urban planning master’s degree candidates in the country.

Urban Planning Student Demographics at AAMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the urban planning majors at Alabama A & M University.

AAMU Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 urban planning majors earned their bachelor's degree from AAMU. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 68% more racial-ethnic minorities in its urban planning bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Alabama A & M University with a bachelor's in urban planning.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

AAMU Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Program

Of the 6 students who graduated with a master’s in urban planning from AAMU in 2021, 67% were men and 33% were women.

In the urban planning master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 83% of degree recipients. That is 51% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Alabama A & M University with a master's in urban planning.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

AAMU also has a doctoral program available in urban planning. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Urban Planning Grads May Go Into

A degree in urban planning can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for Alabama A & M University.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Architectural and Engineering Managers	2,290	$138,470
Urban and Regional Planners	360	$59,630
Architecture Professors	50	$90,870

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Spyder_Monkey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.