2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning in the New England Region

Urban & Regional Planning is about average in terms of popularity for doctor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #121 out of the 295 majors across the country that we analyze each year. 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.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the most popular for urban and regional planning students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 22 doctor's degrees in urban and regional planning during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Urban & Regional Planning School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in urban planning matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning in the New England Region ranking.

While being high in popularity does not always mean a school has a quality urban and regional planning program, it is a sign that a large number of students choose the school. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Urban & Regional Planning Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for urban and regional planning.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Urban & Regional Planning in the New England Region

Learn about the most popular colleges and universities for urban and regional planning students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Urban Planning Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

17 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In MA

#1 Best Quality In MA

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in urban and regional planning. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in urban and regional planning in Massachusetts.

There were about 17 urban and regional planning individuals who graduated with this degree at MIT in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in urban and regional planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

4 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Most Popular In MA

#3 Best Quality In MA

University of Massachusetts Amherst is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in urban and regional planning. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Amherst. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in urban and regional planning in Massachusetts.

There were about 4 urban and regional planning individuals who graduated with this degree at UMass Amherst in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in urban and regional planning from University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

1 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Most Popular In MA

#2 Best Quality In MA

Harvard University is a popular option for students pursuing a doctor's degree in urban and regional planning. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in urban and regional planning in Massachusetts.

There were about 1 urban and regional planning individuals who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in urban and regional planning from Harvard University

Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges by State

Explore the most popular urban and regional planning colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	147	12

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Urban & Regional Planning Related Rankings by Major

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

Majors Similar to Urban Planning

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Architecture	12
Architectural Sciences & Technology	3

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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