2025 Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Schools in the Far Western US Region
8Colleges in the Far Western US Region
476Urban Design Degrees Awarded
A degree in urban & regional planning, general is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #264 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for urban & regional planning, general students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 476 degrees in urban & regional planning, general to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Urban & Regional Planning, General School
Your choice of urban & regional planning, general school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for urban & regional planning, general schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Urban & Regional Planning, General Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Urban & Regional Planning, General in the Far Western US Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the urban design degree levels they offer.
It's hard to beat University of Southern California if you wish to pursue a degree in urban & regional planning, general. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 43 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in urban & regional planning, general has to look into University of California - Los Angeles. UCLA is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were about 65 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a good choice for students interested in a degree in urban & regional planning, general. UW Seattle is a fairly large public university located in the city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were roughly 75 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo if you wish to pursue a degree in urban & regional planning, general. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public university located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo. A Best Colleges rank of #165 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a great university overall.
There were roughly 51 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Pomona, Cal Poly Pomona is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 60th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 54 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly Pomona in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Eugene, UO is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were about 12 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at UO in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 33 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at Portland State University in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Honolulu, UH Manoa is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Hawaii.
There were roughly 21 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at UH Manoa in the most recent year we have data available.
Urban & Regional Planning, General is one of 0 different types of Urban & Regional Planning programs to choose from.
Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
Your choice of urban & regional planning, general school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for urban & regional planning, general schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
