2024 Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Schools in the Plains States Region
3Colleges in the Plains States Region
118Urban Design Degrees Awarded
Urban & Regional Planning, General is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #264 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for urban & regional planning, general students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 118 degrees in urban & regional planning, general during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Urban & Regional Planning, General School
Your choice of urban & regional planning, general school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Urban & Regional Planning, General School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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Pick Your Urban & Regional Planning, General Degree Level
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Best Schools for Urban & Regional Planning, General in the Plains States Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the urban design degrees they offer, see the list below.
Iowa State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in urban & regional planning, general. Iowa State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Ames. A Best Colleges rank of #75 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Iowa State is a great university overall.
There were about 38 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat University of Kansas if you wish to pursue a degree in urban & regional planning, general. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 47 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were roughly 6 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in urban & regional planning, general. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were approximately 9 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at UNL in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in urban & regional planning, general. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public university located in the large city of Minneapolis. A Best Colleges rank of #51 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were about 40 urban & regional planning, general students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year.
Urban & Regional Planning, General is one of 0 different types of Urban & Regional Planning programs to choose from.
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).