2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning in California

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in California to determine which ones were the most popular for urban and regional planning students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 110 bachelor's degrees in urban and regional planning during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Urban & Regional Planning School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of urban and regional planning students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for urban and regional planning.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Urban & Regional Planning in California

Learn about the most popular colleges and universities for urban and regional planning students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Urban Planning Students Working on Their Bachelor's

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California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
Pomona, CA

42 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

California State Polytechnic University - Pomona is a popular choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in urban and regional planning. Cal Poly Pomona is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Pomona. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for bachelor's degrees in urban and regional planning in California.

There were about 42 urban and regional planning individuals who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly Pomona in the most recent data year.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the urban planning program report average early career income of $36,700.

More information about a bachelor’s in urban and regional planning from California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

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University of California - Davis
Davis, CA

41 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of California - Davis is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in urban and regional planning. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #4 in quality for bachelor's degrees in urban and regional planning in California.

There were approximately 41 urban and regional planning students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent year we have data available.

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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA

18 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in urban and regional planning. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public university with a very large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in urban and regional planning in California.

There were about 18 urban and regional planning individuals who graduated with this degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in the most recent data year.

More information about a bachelor’s in urban and regional planning from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

6 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Southern California if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in urban and regional planning. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in urban and regional planning in California.

There were about 6 urban and regional planning students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available.

Urban & Regional Planning bachelor's degree recipients from University of Southern California get an earnings boost of around $4,250 above the average income of urban and regional planning majors.

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California State University - Fresno
Fresno, CA

3 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

Fresno State is a very large public university located in the large city of Fresno. More information about a bachelor’s in urban and regional planning from California State University - Fresno

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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