2026 Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Washington
Urban & Regional Planning degree programs prepare students for a range of careers in the field. While the number of schools offering the program varies, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 4 schools to find the best for urban & regional planning students.
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Best Schools for Urban & Regional Planning in Washington
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the urban & regional planning degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Urban & Regional Planning
Leading the list is University Of Washington Seattle Campus, our #1 school for urban & regional planning. This very large public university is located in the city of Seattle. Roughly 85% of students complete a degree within six years here. There were roughly 105 urban & regional planning students who graduated with this degree at University Of Washington Seattle Campus in the most recent data year. Graduates of the urban & regional planning program make about $53,601 in their early career. Students borrow a median of $17,736 to complete this degree.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 4 schools evaluated.
- 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
