2025 Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Schools in Massachusetts

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 Massachusetts 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 117 degrees in urban & regional planning, general annually.

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Urban & Regional Planning, General Rankings by 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 Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts

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 Massachusetts Schools in Urban Design

1

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Massachusetts Amherst is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in urban & regional planning, general. Located in the small city of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a very large student population.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

Westfield State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in urban & regional planning, general. Located in the large suburb of Westfield, Westfield is a public university with a small student population.More information about a degree in urban & regional planning, general from Westfield State University

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

Explore all the Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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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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