City Urban Community and Regional Planning

A program that prepares individuals to apply principles of planning, analysis, and architecture to the development and improvement of urban areas and surrounding regions, and 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.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 117 institutions across the United States, with a total of 7465 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

742

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

151

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

1,465

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

4,990

awards given

Top Schools for City Urban Community and Regional Planning

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	303
2	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	294
3	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	288
4	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	258
5	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	252
6	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	228
7	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	216
8	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	189
9	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	186
10	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	183
11	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	174
12	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	174
13	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	168
14	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	159
15	New York University New York, NY	132
16	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	120
17	Portland State University Portland, OR	120
18	Iowa State University Ames, IA	114
19	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO	114
20	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	114
21	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	114
22	Villanova University Villanova, PA	105
23	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	105
24	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	105
25	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	102
26	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	99
27	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	99
28	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	96
29	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	93
30	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	87
31	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	87
32	University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras San Juan, PR	84
33	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	84
34	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	69
35	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	66
36	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	63
37	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	60
38	Georgetown University Washington, DC	57
39	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	57
40	University of North Texas Denton, TX	57
41	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	57
42	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	54
43	Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn, NY	54
44	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	54
45	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	51
46	Ball State University Muncie, IN	51
47	University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE	48
48	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	48
49	Boston University Boston, MA	48
50	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM	48
51	Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	45
52	University at Albany Albany, NY	45
53	University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA	42
54	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	42
55	University of Memphis Memphis, TN	42
56	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	42
57	University of Georgia Athens, GA	42
58	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	42
59	Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA	42
60	Prairie View A & M University Prairie View, TX	39
61	George Washington University Washington, DC	39
62	Miami University-Oxford Oxford, OH	39
63	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	36
64	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	36
65	Clemson University Clemson, SC	33
66	The New School New York, NY	33
67	Westfield State University Westfield, MA	33
68	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	33
69	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	30
70	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO	29
71	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	28
72	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	27
73	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	27
74	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH	27
75	University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA	27
76	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	27
77	Auburn University Auburn, AL	27
78	Unity Environmental University New Gloucester, ME	27
79	Appalachian State University Boone, NC	27
80	California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA	27
81	Texas Southern University Houston, TX	27
82	University of Louisville Louisville, KY	24
83	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	24
84	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA	24
85	Southern California Institute of Architecture Los Angeles, CA	24
86	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI	21
87	Salisbury University Salisbury, MD	18
88	University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	18
89	Montgomery County Community College Blue Bell, PA	16
90	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Indiana, PA	15
91	Trinity College Hartford, CT	15
92	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	15
93	Yale University New Haven, CT	15
94	University of Southern Maine Portland, ME	15
95	Alabama A & M University Normal, AL	15
96	Kansas State University Manhattan, KS	12
97	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	12
98	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH	12
99	Jackson State University Jackson, MS	9
100	Plymouth State University Plymouth, NH	9