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2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for urban planning majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Doctorate in Urban & Regional Planning

Our analysis found University of Michigan - Ann Arbor to be the best school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban and regional planning schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Ohio State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban and regional planning schools in the Great Lakes Region . Ohio State is a very large public school located in the city of Columbus.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at Ohio State University - Main Campus Report

Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges by State

Explore the best urban and regional planning colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 35
Ohio 127
Illinois 0
Indiana 24
Wisconsin 30

Urban & Regional Planning is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

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 3 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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