2025 Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Schools in the Southwest Region
8Colleges in the Southwest Region
447Urban 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.
College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 447 degrees in urban & regional planning, general annually.
Choosing a Great Urban & Regional Planning, General School
The urban design program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Urban & Regional Planning, General rankings. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Urban & Regional Planning, General Rankings by Degree Level
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Best Schools for Urban & Regional Planning, General in the Southwest 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 is difficult to beat Texas A&M University - College Station if you wish to pursue a degree in urban & regional planning, general. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #42 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were approximately 73 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent data year.
The University of Texas at Austin is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in urban & regional planning, general. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #46 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were roughly 33 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year.
University of Arizona is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in urban & regional planning, general. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #110 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were approximately 61 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in urban & regional planning, general needs to look into Arizona State University - Tempe. ASU - Tempe is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tempe. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were roughly 83 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were about 92 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Skysong in the most recent data year.
PVAMU is a moderately-sized public university located in the rural area of Prairie View. This university ranks 91st out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 15 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at PVAMU in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 16th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 14 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent data year.
UNM is a very large public university located in the city of Albuquerque. This university ranks 1st out of 24 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were about 10 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent year we have data available.
Urban & Regional Planning, General Related Rankings by Major
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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).