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2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate 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.

The Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our analysis found Harvard University to be the most popular school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

Women make up 32% of the urban planning majors at the school.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at Harvard University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Rhode Island is a great place for urban and regional planning students working on their graduate certificate. URI is a large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

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

Full Urban & Regional Planning at University of Rhode Island Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Roger Williams University is a great place for urban and regional planning students working on their graduate certificate. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at Roger Williams University

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Southern Maine is a great place for urban and regional planning students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at University of Southern Maine

#4

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. UVM is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Burlington.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at University of Vermont

Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges by State

Explore the best urban and regional planning colleges 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 5 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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