Urban & Regional Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

MIT is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and approximately 11,254 students attend the school each year.

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.

MIT Urban & Regional Planning Degrees Available

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

MIT Urban & Regional Planning Rankings

The urban planning major at MIT 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.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in urban planning, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Urban Planning Student Demographics at MIT

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the urban planning majors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MIT Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 10% of urban planning bachelor's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a bachelor's in urban planning.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

MIT Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of urban planning master's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Urban & Regional Planning

If you plan to be a urban planning major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Urban & Regional Planning, General	59

Related Majors

• General Architecture
• Real Estate Development
• Architectural Sciences & Technology

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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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.

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

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