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2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Schools in New York

8 Colleges
$55,043 Avg Salary
$17,800 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning 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 Schools in New York ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in New York 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.

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

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Our 2023 rankings named Cornell University the most popular school in New York for urban and regional planning students. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

On average, urban planning graduates from Cornell take out $17,800 in student loans while working on their degree.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Columbia University in the City of New York is a great place for urban and regional planning students. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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#3

New York University

New York, NY

Out of the 8 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at New York University

#4

Pratt Institute - Main

Brooklyn, NY

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Pratt Institute - Main is a great place for urban and regional planning students. Pratt Institute is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Brooklyn.

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#5

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

The excellent programs at University at Buffalo helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban and regional planning schools in New York. University at Buffalo is a very large public school located in the suburb of Buffalo.

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#6

University at Albany

Albany, NY

University at Albany did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for urban and regional planning students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the small city of Albany, UAlbany is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#7

The New School

New York, NY

The New School landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular urban and regional planning programs. Located in the large city of New York, New School University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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The City College of New York ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Schools in New York list. CCNY is a large public school located in the city of New York.

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Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Colleges 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 8 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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