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2026 Highest Paid Urban And Regional Planning Grads in the Far Western Region

[Urban And Regional Planning](/majors/architecture-and-related-services/urban-and-regional-planning/) is a field where your choice of school can shape what you earn after graduation. The schools below stand out for the salaries their urban and regional planning graduates go on to command.

To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 3 schools on the early-career earnings of their urban and regional planning graduates.

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• Highest Paid Urban And Regional Planning Grads in the Far Western Region

2026 Highest Paid Urban And Regional Planning Grads in the Far Western Region

If you want to know which schools send urban and regional planning graduates into the highest-paying careers, see the list below.

Highest Paid Urban And Regional Planning Graduates

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California State Polytechnic University Pomona
Pomona, CA

$71,392 Average Early-Career Salary

For graduate earnings in urban and regional planning, no school beat California State Polytechnic University Pomona this year. Located in the suburb of Pomona, California State Polytechnic University Pomona is a public institution. Students who complete the urban and regional planning program here go on to a median salary of roughly $71,392.

2

University Of Washington Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

$70,447 Average Early-Career Salary

Strong graduate earnings at University Of Washington Seattle Campus earned it the #2 place for urban and regional planning. Located in the city of Seattle, University Of Washington Seattle Campus is a public institution. Early-career urban and regional planning graduates from University Of Washington Seattle Campus make a median of around $70,447 per year.

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California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA

$47,832 Average Early-Career Salary

A rank of #3 makes California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo one of the highest-paying schools for urban and regional planning. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo is a public institution. Students who complete the urban and regional planning program here go on to a median salary of roughly $47,832.

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Notes and References

This list is compiled by College Factual, 2026 edition. The methodology measures the salaries urban and regional planning graduates go on to earn early in their careers, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).

Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 3 schools evaluated.

*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.

• 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.
• Graduate earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard) field-of-study earnings.

More about our data sources and methodologies.