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Urban & Regional Planning at Virginia Tech

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Urban & Regional Planning at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and has a total student population of 37,024.

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.

Virginia Tech Urban & Regional Planning Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Urban Planning

Virginia Tech Urban & Regional Planning Rankings

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Urban Planning Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the urban planning majors at Virginia Tech.

Virginia Tech Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Program

62% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 13 urban planning students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Virginia Tech, about 38% were men and 62% were women.

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Of the students who received a urban planning master's degree from Virginia Tech, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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

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 VA, the home state for Virginia Tech.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Architectural and Engineering Managers 4,030 $164,300
Urban and Regional Planners 1,380 $73,770
Architecture Professors 140 $81,960
Social Sciences Professors 120 $80,960

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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