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2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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$78,993 Avg Salary

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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the New England 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 analysis found Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the most popular school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 9 students majoring in urban planning at MIT, 56% are male and 44% are female.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Massachusetts Amherst is a great place for urban and regional planning students working on their doctor’s degree. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Out of the 3 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

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Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges by State

Explore the best urban and regional planning schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 139
Connecticut 5
New Hampshire 17
Maine 9
Rhode Island 9
Vermont 0

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Arcaddmarketing.

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