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 University of Southern California. 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 USC paid an average of $1,995 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 | $47,880 | $47,880 |
| Fees | $835 | $835 |
The median early career salary of urban planning students who receive their master’s degree from USC is $61,814 per year. That is 16% higher than the national average of $53,397.
USC 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 USC Online Learning page.
About 46.2% of the students who received their MArch in urban planning in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 53.3%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in urban planning at USC in 2019-2020, 28.8% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 31%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 8 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 18 |
| 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 | 52 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to urban and regional planning.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Architectural Sciences & Technology | 89 |
| Real Estate Development | 25 |
| Architecture (Other) | 8 |
*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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