Urban & Regional Planning at Eastern Washington University

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

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and has a total student population of 12,349. In 2021, 10 urban planning majors received their bachelor's degree from EWU.

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.

EWU Urban & Regional Planning Degrees Available

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

EWU Urban & Regional Planning Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks urban planning programs across the country. The following shows how EWU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The urban planning major at EWU 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 Popular Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools	59

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in urban planning from EWU. This makes it the #59 most popular school for urban planning master’s degree candidates in the country.

Urban Planning Student Demographics at EWU

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

EWU Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students earned a bachelor's degree in urban planning from EWU. About 40% of these graduates were women and the other 60% were men.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in urban planning at EWU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

EWU Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Program

The urban planning program at EWU awarded 7 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 29% of these degrees went to men with the other 71% going to women.

Of the students who received a urban planning master's degree from EWU, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the urban planning master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

EWU 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 WA, the home state for Eastern Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	4,290	$154,620
Urban and Regional Planners	2,110	$81,250
Social Sciences Professors	140	$69,750

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 Ian Poellet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.