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University of Illinois at Chicago MArch in Urban & Regional Planning

The main focus area for this major is Urban & Regional Planning, General. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Urban & Regional Planning is a major offered under the architecture and related services program of study at University of Illinois at Chicago. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in urban planning, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.

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Rankings for the UIC MArch in Urban Planning

#251 in the U.S
#10 in Illinois

In order to help students find the right school for them, College Factual has created its Best Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools ranking, which is updated yearly. To determine the school's rank, we look at objective measures, such as post-graduation earnings, student and faculty diversity, and accumulated student debt.

On the 2021 list, UIC was ranked #251 out of 782 schools in the country for this major at the master's level. It is also ranked #10 in Illinois.

How Much Does a Master’s in Urban Planning from UIC Cost?

$16,566 Average Tuition and Fees
$49,645 Average Student Debt

UIC Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2018-2019, the average part-time graduate tuition at UIC was $890 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $699 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

In State Out of State
Tuition $13,276 $23,850
Fees $3,290 $3,290

UIC Urban Planning MArch Student Debt

One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their master’s degree at UIC in Urban Planning walked away with an average of $49,645 in student debt. That is 5% higher than the national average of $47,497.

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How Much Can You Make With a MArch in Urban Planning From UIC?

$49,500 Average Salary
Below Average Earnings Boost

urban planning who receive their master’s degree from UIC make an average of $49,500 a year during the early days of their career. That is 7% lower than the national average of $53,397.

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Does UIC Offer an Online MArch in Urban Planning?

UIC does not offer an online option for its urban planning master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UIC Online Learning page.

UIC Master’s Student Diversity for Urban Planning

69 Master's Degrees Awarded
42.0% Women
31.9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2018-2019 academic year, there were 69 master’s degrees in urban planning handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in urban planning in 2018-2019, 42.0% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 52.8%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 31.9% of the urban planning master’s degrees at UIC in 2018-2019. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 31%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 13
Native American or Alaska Native 1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 40
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

MArch in Urban Planning Focus Areas at UIC

Urban & Regional Planning students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Urban & Regional Planning, General 69

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to urban and regional planning.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Architecture 19

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References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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