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Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor'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.

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 the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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 Ohio State University - Main Campus the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for urban and regional planning students working on their doctor’s degree. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

About 50% of the students majoring in urban planning at the school are women while 50% are male.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular urban and regional planning schools in the Great Lakes Region . U-M is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

Women make up 33% of the urban planning majors at the school.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a great place for urban and regional planning students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 50% of the urban planning majors at the school.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

Out of the 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the # 4 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.

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

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.

  • 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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