University of Illinois at Chicago MArch in Urban & Regional Planning, General
Urban & Regional Planning, General is a concentration offered under the urban and regional planning major at University of Illinois at Chicago. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in urban design, 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 Design
If you're having trouble deciding which school is a good match for you, you may want to check out College Factual's Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Master's Degree Schools ranking to see some of the great options that are available. 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 Design from UIC Cost?
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 | |
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Tuition | $13,276 | $23,850 |
Fees | $3,290 | $3,290 |
Does UIC Offer an Online MArch in Urban Design?
UIC does not offer an online option for its urban design 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 Design
Male-to-Female Ratio
About 42.0% of the students who received their MArch in urban design in 2018-2019 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 52.8%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in urban design at UIC in 2018-2019, 31.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 31%.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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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 |
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*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.