2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in New York
Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree School for You
With 244 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, urban and regional planning is the #156 most popular major in New York.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in New York ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York
Check out the urban planning doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top New York Schools for a Doctorate in Urban & Regional Planning
Our analysis found Columbia University in the City of New York to be the best school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in New York. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Cornell University is a great place for urban and regional planning students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
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Explore all the Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 78 |
| Maryland | 12 |
| New Jersey | 27 |
| District of Columbia | 25 |
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Rankings in Majors Related to Urban Planning
One of 8 majors within the area of study, urban and regional planning has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 2 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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