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Urban & Regional Planning at University of Massachusetts - Boston

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Urban & Regional Planning at University of Massachusetts - Boston

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

UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 16,259 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.

UMass Boston Urban & Regional Planning Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Urban Planning

UMass Boston Urban & Regional Planning Rankings

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Urban Planning Student Demographics at UMass Boston

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

UMass Boston Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Program

33% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a master's degree in urban planning from UMass Boston. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men.

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Of the students who received a urban planning master's degree from UMass Boston, 67% 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 33% of degree recipients. That is 1% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 University of Massachusetts - Boston.

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.

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