Urban & Regional Planning at University of Southern California

If you are interested in studying urban and regional planning, you may want to check out the program at University of Southern California. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 2 urban planning majors received their bachelor's degree from USC.

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.

USC Urban & Regional Planning Degrees Available

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

USC Urban & Regional Planning Rankings

The urban planning major at USC 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.

In 2021, 54 students received their master’s degree in urban planning from USC. This makes it the #2 most popular school for urban planning master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in urban planning, making the school the #7 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of USC Urban Planning Graduates

The median salary of urban planning students who receive their bachelor's degree at USC is $44,115. This is 10% higher than $39,952, which is the national average for all urban planning bachelor's degree recipients.

Urban Planning Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 urban planning majors earned their bachelor's degree from USC. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% 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 University of Southern California with a bachelor's in urban planning.

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

USC Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 urban planning majors earned their master's degree from USC. Of these graduates, 44% were men and 56% were women.

In the urban planning master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	22
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

USC also has a doctoral program available in urban planning. In 2021, 5 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Landscape Architecture
• Architectural History
• Architecture (Other)
• General Architecture
• Environmental Design

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 CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Urban and Regional Planners	7,950	$93,790
Social Sciences Professors	2,760	$147,680
Architecture Professors	370	$98,610

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 Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.