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 Cornell University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in urban planning, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Cornell paid an average of $1,575 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $29,500 | $29,500 |
| Fees | $542 | $542 |
urban planning who receive their master’s degree from Cornell make an average of $58,673 a year during the early days of their career. That is 10% higher than the national average of $53,397.
Online degrees for the Cornell 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 Cornell Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their master’s degree in urban planning in 2019-2020, 73.3% of them 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 Cornell in 2019-2020, 16.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 31%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 7 |
| International Students | 17 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Urban & Regional Planning students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Urban & Regional Planning, General | 30 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to urban and regional planning.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Environmental Design | 2 |
| Landscape Architecture | 28 |
| Architectural Sciences & Technology | 40 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.