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Urban & Regional Planning at Virginia Tech

Urban & Regional Planning at Virginia Tech

What traits are you looking for in a urban planning school? To help you decide if Virginia Tech is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's urban planning program.

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

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

43% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 57% of urban planning master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women.

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Of the students who received a urban planning master's degree from Virginia Tech, 75% 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 Virginia Tech with a master's in urban planning.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 21
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Urban & Regional Planning

Urban & Regional Planning majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Virginia Tech. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Urban & Regional Planning, General 13

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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