2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General in Washington

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In 2020-2021, 2,419 people earned their degree in urban and regional planning, general, making the major the 264th most popular in the United States.

Across Washington, there were 117 urban and regional planning, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 56 urban and regional planning, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,905 and $22,558 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Design Major in Washington” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in urban and regional planning, general. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their urban and regional planning, general program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Design Major in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington bachelor’s degree urban design students.

Top 2 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General in Washington

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#1 overall quality in Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Design Major in Washington list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school awarded 46 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s urban design students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

Full UW Seattle Urban & Regional Planning, General Report

2

Eastern Washington University
Cheney, Washington

#16 overall quality in Washington

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Design Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Cheney, Washington, this fairly large public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s urban design students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning, General at EWU

• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General in the Far Western US Region
• Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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