by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 453 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,354 and $25,100 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 122 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 9 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.
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The urban planning school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the Southwest Region”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree urban planning students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Prairie View A & M University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the Southwest Region. PVAMU is a public institution located in Prairie View, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Southern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas Southern University is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 3 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Texas Southern University Urban & Regional Planning Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s urban planning degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Urban & Regional Planning at University of New Mexico - Main Campus
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the Southwest Region. UT Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 26 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at The University of Texas at Austin
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #5 spot on the list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s urban planning degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, 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 full report on Urban & Regional Planning at ASU - Tempe
University of Arizona came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 10 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at University of Arizona
Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M University - College Station is a public institution located in College Station, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at Texas A&M College Station
With a ranking of #8, The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the Southwest Region list. UTSA is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #9. The University of Texas at Arlington is located in Arlington, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s urban planning degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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