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Urban & Regional Planning, General at Virginia Tech

Urban & Regional Planning, General at Virginia Tech

If you are interested in studying urban & regional planning, general, you may want to check out the program at Virginia Tech. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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, General section at the bottom of this page.

Virginia Tech Urban & Regional Planning, General Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Urban Design

Virginia Tech Urban & Regional Planning, General Rankings

Urban Design Student Demographics at Virginia Tech

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

Virginia Tech Urban & Regional Planning, General Master’s Program

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

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Of the students who received a urban design 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 design.

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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

Careers That Urban Design Grads May Go Into

A degree in urban design 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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