2025 Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Schools in the New England Region

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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for urban & regional planning, general students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 161 degrees in urban & regional planning, general annually.

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Pick Your Urban & Regional Planning, General Degree Level

The urban design school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Schools in the New England Region. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Urban & Regional Planning, General in the New England 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.

Top New England Region Schools in Urban Design

1

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

It's hard to beat University of Massachusetts Amherst if you wish to pursue a degree in urban & regional planning, general. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Amherst.More information about a degree in urban & regional planning, general from University of Massachusetts Amherst

2

Westfield State University
Westfield, MA

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

35.7% Growth in Graduates

It's difficult to beat Westfield State University if you want to pursue a degree in urban & regional planning, general. Westfield is a small public university located in the suburb of Westfield.More information about a degree in urban & regional planning, general from Westfield State University

Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Colleges by State

Explore the best urban & regional planning, general schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	854	117
Connecticut	538	5
Maine	396	9
New Hampshire	395	17

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Rankings in Majors Related to Urban Design

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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).
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