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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 2023 rankings named Ball State University the best school in the Great Lakes Region for urban and regional planning students working on their master’s degree. Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Muncie.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at Ball State University

Out of the 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbus.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at Ohio State University - Main Campus

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UWM is a very large public school located in the city of Milwaukee.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Kent State University at Kent helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban and regional planning schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public college with a very large student population.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at Kent State University at Kent Report

Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges by State

Explore the best urban and regional planning schools 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 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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