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

Urban & Regional Planning is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #81 most popular master's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the most popular for master's degree seekers in the field of urban and regional planning. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 44 master's degrees in urban and regional planning during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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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. 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 North Carolina

Below you'll see a list of 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

1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

37 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill if you want to pursue a master's degree in urban and regional planning. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public university located in the small city of Chapel Hill. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in urban and regional planning in North Carolina.

Students who graduate with their master's from the urban planning program report average early career wages of $54,100.

More information about a master’s in urban and regional planning from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

7 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of North Carolina at Charlotte is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in urban and regional planning. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public university with a fairly large student population. 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 North Carolina. More information about a master’s in urban and regional planning from University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	206	121
Georgia	186	50
Virginia	175	42
Tennessee	156	10
Alabama	147	21
South Carolina	141	19
Louisiana	140	14
Kentucky	140	5
Mississippi	120	9

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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.

Majors Similar to Urban Planning

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology	59
Landscape Architecture	15
Interior Architecture	2

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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