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Programs in Urban, Community and Regional Planning

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Currently Viewing: All Majors • Architecture and Planning • Planning and Development • Urban, Community and Regional Planning

Urban, community, and regional planning students study the principles of planning, analysis, and architecture to the development and improvement of urban areas and surrounding regions, and prepare to function as professional planners. Includes instruction in principles of architecture; master plan development; service, communications, and transportation systems design; community and commercial development; zoning; land use planning; applied economics; policy analysis; applicable laws and regulations; and professional responsibilities and managerial duties.

Top Schools For Urban, Community and Regional Planning Programs

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Harvard University

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Carnegie Mellon University

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Are You Interested? School Name Tuition Size Degrees Granted Degrees Granted By Type
Columbia University
New York, NY		 $41,316 7,693 296 Certificate (4), Master's (292),
Doctoral (0)
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ		 $22,264 30,346 138 Bachelor's (122), Master's (16)
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ		 $20,596 54,277 111 Bachelor's (80), Master's (31)
MIT
Cambridge, MA		 $37,782 4,232 95 Bachelor's (11), Master's (73),
Doctoral (11)
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA		 $38,970 12,010 88 Certificate (5), Master's (78),
Doctoral (5)
Cal Poly Pomona
Pomona, CA		 $15,711 20,120 87 Bachelor's (58), Master's (29)
University of Washington
Seattle, WA		 $24,367 28,575 80 Bachelor's (30), Master's (46),
Doctoral (4)
University of California - Davis
Davis, CA		 $32,027 24,420 80 Bachelor's (68), Master's (12)
University of Colorado Denver
Denver, CO		 $20,126 9,985 72 Master's (72)
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY		 $37,954 13,914 70 Bachelor's (32), Master's (34),
Doctoral (4)
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Urban, Community and Regional Planning Statistics

Degree Type BreakdownNumber of Degrees
Granted Last Year		Percentage
of Total
Certificate 42 1%
Associate 0 0%
Bachelor's 754 26%
Master's 2,014 69%
Doctoral 90 3%
Gender BreakdownNumber of Degrees
Granted Last Year		Percentage
of Total
Male 1,588 55%
Female 1,312 45%
Racial BreakdownNumber of Degrees
Granted Last Year		Percentage
of Total
Asian or Pacific Islander 185 7%
Black or African American 188 7%
Hispanic or Latino 211 8%
American Indian or Alaskan Native 20 1%
White (Non-Hispanic) 1,606 63%
Other/Unknown 331 13%
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