2024 Best Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Urban & Regional Planning is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #92 most popular master's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in North Carolina to determine which ones were the best for urban & regional planning students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 53 master's degrees in urban & regional planning during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on urban & regional planning students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of urban & regional planning students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt urban & regional planning students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized urban & regional planning related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for urban & regional planning students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Urban & Regional Planning in North Carolina

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for urban & regional planning students seeking a a master's degree.

Top North Carolina Schools for a Master's in Urban Planning

1

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

44 Annual Graduates

$54,757 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in urban & regional planning needs to take a look at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public university located in the small city of Chapel Hill.

After graduating, urban planning master's recipients typically earn an average of $54,757 in their early careers.

More information about a master’s in urban & regional planning from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2

University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

9 Annual Graduates

University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a great choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in urban & regional planning. Located in the large city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in urban & regional planning from University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	113
Georgia	190	52
Virginia	182	32
Tennessee	166	7
Alabama	151	23
Kentucky	147	8
Louisiana	147	10
South Carolina	146	22
Mississippi	145	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Urban Planning

One of 8 majors within the Architecture & Related Services area of study, Urban & Regional Planning has other similar majors worth exploring.

Urban Planning Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Urban & Regional Planning, General	53

Majors Similar to Urban Planning

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology	82
Interior Architecture	2

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).
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