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 Texas” 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 Texas, there were 172 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,471 and $24,250 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 73 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,376 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in Texas” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in urban and regional planning. That schools that top this list have a program in urban and regional planning in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 Texas”.
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 Texas. This medium-sized school is located in Prairie View, Texas, and it awarded 13 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Southern University landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas Southern University is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s urban planning degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at Texas Southern University
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #3 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Austin is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 26 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in Texas list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s urban planning students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. 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%.
Full Texas A&M College Station Urban & Regional Planning Report
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #5 spot on the 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%.
Full The University of Texas at San Antonio Urban & Regional Planning Report
The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Urban Planning Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #6. Arlington, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s urban planning degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
Full The University of Texas at Arlington Urban & Regional Planning Report
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