Urban, Community, & Regional Planning

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Total Degrees
Awarded in 2017

3,110

declining 0.289%

Median In-State
Public Tuition

$8,216

growing 1.05%

Median Out-of-State
Private Tuition

$47,964

growing 3.45%

Average Wage

$84,538

growing 1.53%

People in Workforce

385,830

growing 3.83%

Average Employee Age

43.8

declining 0.577%

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Employment

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The locations with the highest concentration of Urban, Community, & Regional Planning degree recipients are Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY, and Cambridge, MA. The locations with a relatively high number of Urban, Community, & Regional Planning degree recipients are Haverford College, PA, Westfield, MA, and Cambridge, MA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Urban, Community, & Regional Planning is a masters degree.

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Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Urban, Community, & Regional Planning and the types of students that study this field. University of Southern California awards the most degrees in Urban, Community, & Regional Planning in the US, but Pratt Institute-Main and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Urban, Community, & Regional Planning.

Tuition costs for Urban, Community, & Regional Planning majors are, on average, $8,216 for in-state public colleges, and $47,964 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Urban, Community, & Regional Planning programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (106 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (2,315 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Urban, Community, & Regional Planning

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Urban, Community, & Regional Planning, is Public, 4-year or above (2,315 completions).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Urban, Community, & Regional Planning programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$8,216

Median In-State Public

$47,964

Median Out of State Private

University of Southern California has the most Urban, Community, & Regional Planning degree recipients, with 194 degrees awarded in 2017.

The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Urban, Community, & Regional Planning.

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Specialized Colleges

Highest Concentration Institution

Pratt Institute-Main
4.11%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2.1%
Haverford College
1.61%

Out of all institutions that offer Urban, Community, & Regional Planning programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Pratt Institute-Main and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Urban, Community, & Regional Planning, with 4.11% and 2.1%, respectively.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Urban, Community, & Regional Planning

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Urban, Community, & Regional Planning by year.

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Growth in Awarded Degrees

Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Urban, Community, & Regional Planning.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Architecture and Related Services graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.

The average salary for Architecture and Related Services majors is $84,538 and the most common occupations are Architects, except landscape and naval, Other designers, and Other managers.

The industry that employs the most Architecture and Related Services majors is Architectural, engineering & related services, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Software publishing.

Wages

Yearly Income for Common Jobs

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Urban, Community, & Regional Planning is from the 2 Digit Course Architecture and Related Services.

$84,538

Average Wage in Workforce

± $3,167

1.53%

1 Year Growth

± 5.18%

The average salary for Architecture and Related Services majors is $84,538 and the most common occupations are Architects, except landscape and naval, Other designers, and Other managers.

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± 15,230

3.83%

1 Year Growth

± 5.43%

The number of Architecture and Related Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.83%, from 371,605 in 2017 to 385,830 in 2018.

The industry which employs the most Architecture and Related Services graduates by share is Architectural, engineering & related services, followed by Construction. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Architecture and Related Services.

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Specialty Locations

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Urban, Community, & Regional Planning is from the 2 Digit Course Architecture and Related Services.

PUMAS with a relatively high number of Architecture and Related Services majors

This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Architecture and Related Services majors.

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Diversity

Demographic information on those who earn a degree in Architecture and Related Services in the US. The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Architecture and Related Services is 43.8, and the most common degree type these workers hold is a Masters Degree. Male employees are more likely to hold Architecture and Related Services degrees, and White students earn the majority (1,505) of the degrees.

Workforce Age

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Urban, Community, & Regional Planning is from the 2 Digit Course Architecture and Related Services.

43.8

Average Age in 2018

± 0.524 Years

0.577%

1 Year Change

± 1.7%

This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Architecture and Related Services. The most common ages of employees with this major are 28 and 38 years old, which represent 3.43% and 3.2% of the population, respectively.

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Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Urban, Community, & Regional Planning are Masters Degree, Bachelors Degree, and Research Doctorate.

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Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Urban, Community, & Regional Planning is from the 2 Digit Course Architecture and Related Services.

The most common degree types held by the working population in Architecture and Related Services are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.

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Gender Imbalance for Common Institutions

Male (50.6%)

Most Common Gender with a Degree in this Field

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity

White
1,505 degrees awarded
Non-resident Alien
654 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino
356 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Urban, Community, & Regional Planning for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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Race & Ethnicity by Gender

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Gender Combination

White Male
305 degrees awarded
White Female
165 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino Male
80 degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by gender for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Urban, Community, & Regional Planning. White Male students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and gender.

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Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Urban, Community, & Regional Planning is from the 2 Digit Course Architecture and Related Services.

Most Common Countries of Origin

China
7,451 degree recipients
India
6,954 degree recipients
Mexico
6,109 degree recipients

High Relative Number of Students

Argentina
5.33 times more than expected
Iran
4.62 times more than expected
Turkey
4.23 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Argentina that hold Architecture and Related Services degrees (5.33 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is China (7,451 degree recipients).

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Urban, Community, & Regional Planning field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Urban, Community, & Regional Planning majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Urban, Community, & Regional Planning majors need more than the average amount of Operations Analysis, Management of Material Resources, and Mathematics.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Urban, Community, & Regional Planning majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Operations Analysis is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Speaking, and Instructing are the three most important skills for people in the field.