Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Urban & Regional Planning at Boston University

Urban & Regional Planning at Boston University

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

Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 32,718.

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.

Boston U Urban & Regional Planning Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Urban Planning

Boston U Urban & Regional Planning Rankings

Urban Planning Student Demographics at Boston U

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the urban planning majors at Boston University.

Boston U Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Program

44% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 56% of urban planning master's degrees went to men and 44% went to women.

undefined

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

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 7
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Urban & Regional Planning

Urban & Regional Planning majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Boston University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Urban & Regional Planning, General 14

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 MA, the home state for Boston University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Architectural and Engineering Managers 8,190 $156,250
Urban and Regional Planners 1,250 $81,660
Social Sciences Professors 600 $92,670
Architecture Professors 590 $128,210

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.