by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Urban Planning Major in Wisconsin” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Urban & Regional Planning is the 183rd most popular major in the country with 2,419 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, urban and regional planning graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,745 and had an average of $23,296 in loans still to pay off.
Across Wisconsin, there were 36 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,248 and $25,500 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Urban Planning Major in Wisconsin” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in urban and regional planning. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in urban and regional planning.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin urban planning students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Urban Planning Major in Wisconsin list. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a large public school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 23 ’s urban planning degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Urban Planning Major in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Madison, Wisconsin, and it awarded 12 ’s urban planning degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Wisconsin - Madison Urban & Regional Planning Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northland College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Urban Planning Major in Wisconsin list. Located in Ashland, Wisconsin, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified ’s urban planning students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at Northland College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Urban Planning Major in Wisconsin list. This fairly large school is located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and it awarded 0 ’s urban planning degrees in 2020-2021.
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