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2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools

72 Colleges
$51,745 Avg Salary
$23,296 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning School for You

Urban & Regional Planning is the #181 most popular major in the country with 2,419 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 72 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for urban planning majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools

Our analysis found Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the best school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

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#2

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Out of the 72 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools list. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public school with a very large student population.

Urban Planning majors at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo take out an average of $15,269 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#4

Yale University

New Haven, CT

The excellent programs at Yale University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban and regional planning schools in the United States. Located in the city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#5

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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University of California - Berkeley landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best urban and regional planning programs. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a very large student population.

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#7

New York University

New York, NY

New York University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools list. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools ranking. Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.

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#9

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best urban and regional planning programs. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#10

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

University of Miami did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for urban and regional planning students. It came in at #10 on the list. U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Coral Gables.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
12 California State Polytechnic University - Pomona Pomona, CA
13 Auburn University Auburn, AL
14 University of Maryland - College Park College Park, MD

Urban & Regional Planning by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 8 majors within the area of study, urban and regional planning has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Urban Planning

Related Major Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology 6,781
General Architecture 4,982
Landscape Architecture 905
Environmental Design 741
Interior Architecture 728

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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