2025 Best Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools in Oregon

a master's degree in urban & regional planning is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #92 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools in Oregon ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 56 master's degrees in urban & regional planning to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on urban & regional planning students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of urban & regional planning students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt urban & regional planning students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized urban & regional planning related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for urban & regional planning students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools in Oregon list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Urban & Regional Planning in Oregon

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in urban & regional planning.

Top Oregon Schools for a Master's in Urban Planning

1

University of Oregon
Eugene, OR

19 Annual Graduates

$53,962 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat University of Oregon if you want to pursue a master's degree in urban & regional planning. UO is a very large public university located in the city of Eugene.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the urban planning program earn an average of $53,962 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a master’s in urban & regional planning from University of Oregon

2

Portland State University
Portland, OR

37 Annual Graduates

$57,357 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Portland State University if you want to pursue a master's degree in urban & regional planning. Portland State University is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Portland.

Soon after graduating, urban planning master's recipients typically make around $57,357 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a master’s in urban & regional planning from Portland State University

Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	235
Washington	183	60
Hawaii	85	10

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Rankings in Majors Related to Urban Planning

One of 8 majors within the Architecture & Related Services area of study, Urban & Regional Planning has other similar majors worth exploring.

Urban Planning Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Urban & Regional Planning, General	56

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology	39
General Architecture	19
Landscape Architecture	13
Interior Architecture	6

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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