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 Harvard University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in urban planning, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Harvard paid an average of $1,545 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 | $49,448 | $49,448 |
| Fees | $1,206 | $1,206 |
The median early career salary of urban planning students who receive their master’s degree from Harvard is $63,600 per year. That is 19% higher than the national average of $53,397.
Harvard does not offer an online option for its urban planning master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Harvard Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their master’s degree in urban planning in 2019-2020, 66.7% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 53.3%.
Around 44.4% of urban planning master’s degree recipients at Harvard in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 31%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 5 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 10 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 16 |
| International Students | 7 |
| 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 | 45 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to urban and regional planning.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Architecture | 3 |
| Landscape Architecture | 9 |
| Architectural History | 6 |
| Architectural Sciences & Technology | 123 |
*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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