Urban & Regional Planning at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 48,149. Of the 9,451 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Washington - Seattle Campus in 2021, 46 of them were urban and regional planning majors.

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.

UW Seattle Urban & Regional Planning Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UW Seattle

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UW Seattle offers distance education options for urban planning at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UW Seattle Urban & Regional Planning Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the urban planning progam at UW Seattle compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The urban planning major at UW Seattle 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
	31

In 2021, 53 students received their master’s degree in urban planning from UW Seattle. This makes it the #3 most popular school for urban planning master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in urban planning, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Urban Planning Graduates from UW Seattle Make?

The median salary of urban planning students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW Seattle is $39,577. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $39,952 for all urban planning students.

Urban Planning Student Demographics at UW Seattle

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

UW Seattle Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 46 urban planning majors earned their bachelor's degree from UW Seattle. Of these graduates, 35% were men and 65% were women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in urban planning at UW Seattle are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Washington - Seattle Campus with a bachelor's in urban planning.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UW Seattle Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Program

Of the 53 students who earned a master's degree in Urban & Regional Planning from UW Seattle in 2020-2021, 55% were men and 45% were women.

Of the students who received a urban planning master's degree from UW Seattle, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	30
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UW Seattle also has a doctoral program available in urban planning. In 2021, 1 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Architecture
• 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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.