2023 Most Well Attended Urban Design Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Urban Design Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Urban & Regional Planning, General is the 264th most popular major in the country with 2,419 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Southwest region, there were 453 urban and regional planning, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 urban and regional planning, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Urban Design Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in urban and regional planning, general. To top this list, a school must have a successful urban and regional planning, general program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Urban Design Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region doctor’s degree urban design students.

Top 4 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General in the Southwest Region

1

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, Texas

#7 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Urban Design Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s urban design degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning, General at Texas A&M University - College Station

2

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

#6 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Urban Design Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning, General at The University of Texas at Austin

3

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, Arizona

#14 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Urban Design Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate. ASU - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 1 doctorate’s urban design degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full ASU - Tempe Urban & Regional Planning, General Report

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Texas Southern University
Houston, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Southern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Urban Design Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate list. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s urban design degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Texas Southern University Urban & Regional Planning, General Report

• Most Popular Doctor’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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