2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning in Oregon

A master's degree in urban and regional planning is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #81 out of 326 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning in Oregon ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 63 master's degrees in urban and regional planning during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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One Size Does Not Fit All

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for urban and regional planning.

 

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

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in urban and regional planning.

Most Well Attended Schools for Urban Planning Students Working on Their Master's

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Portland State University
Portland, OR

44 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In OR

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Portland State University is a popular option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in urban and regional planning. Portland State University is a fairly large public university located in the city of Portland. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in urban and regional planning in Oregon.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the urban planning program earn an average of $50,300 in the first couple years of their career.

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

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University of Oregon
Eugene, OR

19 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In OR

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Oregon if you want to pursue a master's degree in urban and regional planning. UO is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Eugene. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in urban and regional planning in Oregon.

Students who graduate with their master's from the urban planning program state that they receive average early career earnings of $49,900.

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

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

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	244	307
Washington	184	69
Hawaii	84	22

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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.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Architecture	78
Landscape Architecture	6
Interior Architecture	5

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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