by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Urban & Regional Planning, General. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Urban & Regional Planning is a major offered under the architecture and related services program of study at Columbia University in the City of New York. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in urban planning, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Columbia was $1,974 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $49,024 | $49,024 |
| Fees | $2,170 | $2,170 |
urban planning who receive their master’s degree from Columbia make an average of $64,196 a year during the early days of their career. That is 20% higher than the national average of $53,397.
Online degrees for the Columbia urban planning master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Columbia Online Learning page.
About 63.5% of the students who received their MArch in urban planning in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 53.3%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in urban planning at Columbia in 2019-2020, 25.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 7 |
| Black or African American | 3 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 10 |
| International Students | 24 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Urban & Regional Planning students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Urban & Regional Planning, General | 52 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to urban and regional planning.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Architectural History | 9 |
| Architectural Sciences & Technology | 244 |
| Real Estate Development | 138 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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