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

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

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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.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Master's in Urban & Regional Planning

#1

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Our analysis found Ball State University to be the best school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Muncie.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Ohio State University - 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 . Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee 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 . UWM is a very large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Kent landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges by State

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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 4 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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