by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in Alabama” 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 Alabama, there were 26 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,476 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in Alabama” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in Alabama” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in Alabama”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alabama A & M University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in Alabama list. AAMU is a public institution located in Normal, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Alabama A & M University Urban & Regional Planning Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in Alabama list. Auburn University is a large public school situated in Auburn, Alabama. It awarded 17 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
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