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Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in California

2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in California

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Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree School for You

Urban & Regional Planning is the #144 most popular major in California with 393 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in California to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Urban & Regional Planning program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for urban planning majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Irvine the most popular school in California for urban and regional planning students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the city of Irvine.

Women make up 83% of the urban planning majors at the school.

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Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the most popular school in California for urban and regional planning students working on their doctor’s degree. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

Of the 6 students majoring in urban planning at UC Berkeley, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

About 20% of the students majoring in urban planning at the school are women while 80% are male.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of California - Los Angeles helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular urban and regional planning schools in California. UCLA is a very large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

About 40% of the students majoring in urban planning at the school are women while 60% are male.

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Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 117
Oregon 49
Hawaii 12

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.

  • 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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