2025 Best Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

When it comes to popularity, a bachelor's degree in urban & regional planning sits in the middle of the road, ranking #178 out of 363 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for urban & regional planning students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 56 bachelor's degrees in urban & regional planning during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to urban & regional planning students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of urban & regional planning students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for urban & regional planning to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized urban & regional planning related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for urban & regional planning students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Urban & Regional Planning Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Urban & Regional Planning in the Southeast Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in urban & regional planning.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Urban Planning

1

University of Virginia - Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA

19 Annual Graduates

University of Virginia - Main Campus is a great decision for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in urban & regional planning. University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the suburb of Charlottesville.More information about a bachelor’s in urban & regional planning from University of Virginia - Main Campus

2

Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL

13 Annual Graduates

$22,719 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Florida Atlantic University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in urban & regional planning. Located in the small city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the urban planning program report average early career earnings of $22,719.

More information about a bachelor’s in urban & regional planning from Florida Atlantic University

Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges by State

Explore the best urban & regional planning schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	23
North Carolina	213	16
Virginia	213	11
Alabama	184	3

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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.

Urban Planning Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Urban & Regional Planning, General	56

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Architecture	705
Architectural Sciences & Technology	677
Interior Architecture	176
Landscape Architecture	139
Environmental Design	108
Architecture (Other)	75
Real Estate Development	27
Architectural History	17

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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