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

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Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning 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.

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The Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning 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 14 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular 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 Colleges.

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

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the New England Region list. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the New England Region list. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

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#4

Boston University

Boston, MA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Boston University is a great place for urban and regional planning students. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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#5

Westfield State University

Westfield, MA

The excellent programs at Westfield State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban and regional planning schools in the New England Region . Westfield is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Westfield.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Durham, UNH is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the New England Region list. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Boston.

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With a ranking of #8, Plymouth State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for urban and regional planning students. Plymouth State is a small public school located in the town of Plymouth.

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University of Rhode Island came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the New England Region ranking. URI is a large public school located in the suburb of Kingston.

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University of Southern Maine came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the small city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges by State

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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 14 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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