If you plan on getting your master's degree in urban & regional planning, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #92 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for urban & regional planning students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 101 master's degrees in urban & regional planning to qualified students.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to urban & regional planning students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other urban & regional planning students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for urban & regional planning to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized urban & regional planning related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for urban & regional planning students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Urban & Regional Planning Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Urban & Regional Planning in the New England Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in urban & regional planning.
Top New England Region Schools for a Master's in Urban Planning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in urban & regional planning. MIT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.
Urban & Regional Planning master's degree recipients from Massachusetts Institute of Technology receive an earnings boost of about $2,259 above the average income of urban & regional planning graduates.
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).
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