by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the New England Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 2,419 people earned their degree in urban and regional planning, making the major the 183rd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, urban and regional planning graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,745 and had an average of $23,296 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 179 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,203 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 36 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in urban and regional planning. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their urban and regional planning program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree urban planning students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Plymouth State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Plymouth State University is a small school located in Plymouth, New Hampshire that handed out 8 bachelors’s urban planning degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Urban & Regional Planning at Plymouth State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Westfield State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the New England Region list. Located in Westfield, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s urban planning students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Westfield State University Urban & Regional Planning Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the New England Region. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s urban planning students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the New England Region. MIT is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Urban & Regional Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the New England Region list. Yale University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 5 bachelors’s urban planning degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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