2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in New York
Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best programs for students.
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2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in New York
The following schools top our list of the Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges.
Top New York Schools in Urban & Regional Planning
Our analysis found New York University to be the best school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a degree in New York. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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The excellent programs at Columbia University in the City of New York helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban and regional planning schools in New York. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in New York list. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Urban Planning majors at Cornell take out an average of $17,800 in student loans while working on their egree.
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Out of the 6 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Pratt Institute - Main landed the # 4 spot on the list. Pratt Institute is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Brooklyn.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means The City College of New York is a great place for urban and regional planning students. CCNY is a large public school located in the city of New York.
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University at Buffalo landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best urban and regional planning programs. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Buffalo.
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| 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 6 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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