2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Urban Design Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Urban & Regional Planning, General is the 264th most popular major in the country with 2,419 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southeast region, there were 422 urban and regional planning, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 urban and regional planning, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Urban Design Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in urban and regional planning, general. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular urban and regional planning, general programs in the United States.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Urban Design Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree urban design students.

Top 4 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General in the Southeast Region

1

Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida

#23 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Urban Design Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate list. Florida State is a large school located in Tallahassee, Florida that handed out 3 doctorate’s urban design degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Florida State University Urban & Regional Planning, General Report

2

Jackson State University
Jackson, Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jackson State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Urban Design Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate list. Jackson, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s urban design degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Full Jackson State Urban & Regional Planning, General Report

3

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#6 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Urban Design Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate list. Located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s urban design students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning, General at UNC Chapel Hill

3

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Atlanta, Georgia

#3 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Urban Design Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate. Georgia Tech is a public institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning, General at Georgia Tech

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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