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

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Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree 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.

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 New York ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in New York to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs 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.

Check out the urban planning doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in New York.

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia University in the City of New York the most popular school in New York for urban and regional planning students working on their doctor’s degree. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

Women make up 75% of the urban planning majors at the school.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at Columbia University in the City of New York

#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Cornell University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular urban and regional planning schools in New York. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

About 33% of the students majoring in urban planning at the school are women while 67% are male.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at Cornell University Report

#3

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

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

Full Urban & Regional Planning at University at Buffalo Report

Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 78
Maryland 12
New Jersey 27
District of Columbia 25

One of 8 majors within the area of study, urban and regional planning has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 3 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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