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2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Master'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.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 59 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Massachusetts Institute of Technology the best school in the United States for urban and regional planning students working on their master’s degree. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

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#2

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Out of the 59 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 large city of Washington.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban and regional planning schools in the United States. Located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

New York University

New York, NY

The excellent master’s degree programs at New York 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 large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban and regional planning schools in the United States. Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.

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

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#7

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

University of Miami landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree urban and regional planning programs. U Miami is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Coral Gables.

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University of Southern California landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree urban and regional planning programs. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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#9

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Auburn University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree urban and regional planning programs. Auburn is a very large public school located in the city of Auburn.

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#10

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Urban & Regional Planning by Region

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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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