2025 Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Southwest Region
8Colleges in the Southwest Region
447Urban Planning Degrees Awarded
$56,992Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, urban & regional planning sits in the middle of the road, ranking #183 out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 447 degrees in urban & regional planning to qualified students.
Your choice of urban & regional planning school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for urban & regional planning 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 Rankings by 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 Schools in the Southwest 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 in the Southwest Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the urban planning degrees they offer, see the list below.
Texas A&M University - College Station is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in urban & regional planning. Located in the midsize 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 colleges nationwide means Texas A&M College Station is a great university overall.
There were approximately 73 urban & regional planning students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M College Station in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the urban planning program earn an average of $50,580 in the first couple years of their career.
Any student pursuing a degree in urban & regional planning has to take a look at The University of Texas at Austin. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a very 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 approximately 33 urban & regional planning students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year. Those urban & regional planning students who get their degree from The University of Texas at Austin receive $7,199 more than the typical urban planning grad.
It is hard to beat University of Arizona if you want to pursue a degree in urban & regional planning. 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 about 61 urban & regional planning students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the urban planning program make around $40,037 in the first couple years of working.
It is hard to beat Arizona State University - Tempe if you wish to pursue a degree in urban & regional planning. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the 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 students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the urban planning program earn around $48,765 in their early career salary.
Located in the city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 92 urban & regional planning students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Skysong in the most recent data year. After graduation, urban planning degree recipients usually make about $46,954 at the beginning of their careers.
PVAMU is a moderately-sized public university located in the rural area of Prairie View. This university ranks 91st out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 15 urban & regional planning 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 very large student population. This university ranks 16th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 14 urban & regional planning students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, urban planning degree recipients generally earn around $47,256 in the first five years of their career.
UNM is a very large public university located in the city of Albuquerque. This university ranks 1st out of 24 schools for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were about 10 urban & regional planning students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent data year.
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 school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for urban & regional planning schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
