City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning

765 students earn a city/urban, community, and regional planning credential each year across 43 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $44,146
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $65,382

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Bachelor's programs — 41 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas31$50,5801 year out$65,422$21,000 2California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California36$47,8321 year out—$18,167 3Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, Texas11$47,2561 year out$57,160$26,000 4Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdale, Arizona98$46,9541 year out$61,411$27,009 5Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona45$46,9541 year out$61,411$27,009 6University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio20$46,1221 year out—$25,464 7California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California60$45,9601 year out$71,392$15,292 8Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa29$44,1461 year out$61,658$27,000 9Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio36$41,5011 year out$57,866$25,250 10Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio13$40,7211 year out—$25,237 11University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona64$40,0371 year out$85,914$25,000 12University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington37$39,6351 year out$70,447$17,736 13Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York28$37,1311 year out$70,676$14,275 14Westfield State UniversityWestfield, Massachusetts11$32,8021 year out$54,588$23,628 15Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida13$22,7191 year out$65,382$27,653 16Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey26—1 year out——17University of North TexasDenton, Texas19—1 year out——18University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia19—1 year out——19East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina14—1 year out——20West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, Pennsylvania13—1 year out——21Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania12—1 year out——22Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana10—1 year out——23Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts10—1 year out——24California State University-FresnoFresno, California9—1 year out——25University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire9—1 year out——26Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North Carolina9—1 year out——27Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah9—1 year out——28Eastern Washington UniversityCheney, Washington9—1 year out——29Salisbury UniversitySalisbury, Maryland6—1 year out——30University of Missouri-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri6—1 year out——31Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut5—1 year out——32Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, Michigan5—1 year out——33Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana, Pennsylvania5—1 year out——34Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey4—1 year out——35Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri3—1 year out——36Plymouth State UniversityPlymouth, New Hampshire3—1 year out——37Alabama A & M UniversityNormal, Alabama1—1 year out——38South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, South Dakota1—1 year out——39University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California——1 year out$91,200—40University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois——1 year out$68,158—41Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan——1 year out$45,515—

Certificate programs — 5 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin12$35,9601 year out—$26,000 2Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri5—1 year out—$16,750 3University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio4—1 year out——4Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——5Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey1—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).