by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Southeast region, there were 422 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,066 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in urban and regional planning. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in urban and regional planning.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree urban planning students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alabama A & M University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the Southeast Region list. AAMU is located in Normal, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s urban planning degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Urban & Regional Planning at Alabama A & M University
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Atlantic University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Boca Raton, Florida, this large public school handed out 23 degrees to qualified bachelors’s urban planning students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Urban & Regional Planning at Florida Atlantic University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Appalachian State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Boone, North Carolina, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s urban planning degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read more about Urban & Regional Planning at Appalachian State
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Virginia - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Charlottesville, Virginia. It awarded 11 bachelors’s urban planning degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 University of Virginia - Main Campus Urban & Regional Planning Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the #5 spot on the list. ECU is a large school located in Greenville, North Carolina that handed out 6 bachelors’s urban planning degrees in 2020-2021.
Full East Carolina University Urban & Regional Planning Report
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