2025 Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Schools in the Great Lakes Region
6Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
172Urban Design Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in urban & regional planning, general, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #264 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 172 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. We derive our Best Overall Urban & Regional Planning, General School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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 Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes Region
The schools below may not offer all types of urban design degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Ohio State University - Main Campus is a good choice for students interested in a degree in urban & regional planning, general. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 56 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in urban & regional planning, general. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 17 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Wisconsin - Madison is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in urban & regional planning, general. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the large city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were approximately 12 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
Miami University - Oxford is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in urban & regional planning, general. Located in the fringe town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #134 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Miami University - Oxford is a great university overall.
There were roughly 16 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at Miami University - Oxford in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Muncie, Ball State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were about 22 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at Ball State in the most recent year we have data available.
UWM is a very large public university located in the large city of Milwaukee. This university ranks 23rd out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were about 14 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at UWM in the most recent data year.
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. We derive our Best Overall Urban & Regional Planning, General School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
