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2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Schools in California

12 Colleges
$57,366 Avg Salary
$16,256 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning 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 Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in California to see which 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 .

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Los Angeles the most popular school in California for urban and regional planning students. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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The excellent programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban and regional planning schools in California. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Urban Planning majors at USC take out an average of $16,250 in student loans while working on their egree.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State Polytechnic University - Pomona. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Pomona, Cal Poly Pomona is a public college with a fairly large student population.

On average, urban planning graduates from Cal Poly Pomona take out $17,250 in student loans while working on their degree.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Schools in California list. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Davis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Schools in California list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public school located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo.

On average, urban planning graduates from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo take out $15,269 in student loans while working on their degree.

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University of California - Irvine landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular urban and regional planning programs. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the city of Irvine.

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San Jose State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular urban and regional planning programs. San Jose State is a very large public school located in the large city of San Jose.

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California State University - Northridge did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for urban and regional planning students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a very large student population.

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San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

With a ranking of #9, San Diego State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for urban and regional planning students. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #10, University of California - Berkeley did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for urban and regional planning students. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

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

Explore all the Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Schools 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 12 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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