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213 Master's degrees in Urban Planning in United States

Urban Affairs
The Urban Affairs degree at California State University Long Beach is designed with a professional emphasis; and provides graduate students with a broad knowledge of public administration as well as competency in the administrative processes of government.
City and Regional Planning
The M.S. in City and Regional Planning at Temple University is the terminal degree for the planning profession. The primary purpose of the City and Regional Planning program at Temple University is to develop skilled practitioners for dynamic career opportunities in the government, non-profit, and private sectors.
Urban Studies
Urban Studies from Cleveland State University (CSU) offers advanced training in urban studies to recent graduates, in-service professional and others wishing to pursue or advance careers in fields such as economic development, environmental affairs, and community organization management.
Urban and Regional Planning
The Urban and Regional Planning program at University of California, Irvine (UCI) is a two-year degree program that educates aspiring planning professionals to solve societal, economic, and environmental challenges and build a just and sustainable future.
City and Regional Planning-Housing, Community and Economic Development
The City and Regional Planning-Housing, Community and Economic Development program of University of Pennsylvania requires completion of 19 course units, including course requirements from the core curriculum and one of six concentration areas. In addition, all students must complete a non-credit planning internship between the first and second years of study.
City and Regional Studies
The City and Regional Studies programme of Rutgers University is a 30-credit degree offered only in specialized circumstances. The programme offers six areas of concentration that allow students to specialize in one or more fields of planning, in addition to taking the required core courses.
Urban Sustainability
The Urban Sustainability concentration at the Indiana University Indianapolis prepares students with the ideas and technical skills needed to address the challenges and opportunities found in urban areas.
Architecture and Net Zero Design
The Architecture and Net Zero Design program from Catholic University of America consists of 18 credit hours of coursework (six three-credit courses).
Urban Design - Future Cities
Urban Design - Future Cities from Thomas Jefferson University educates the next generation of urban designers, architects and researchers in the development of sustainable, healthy and smart cities and communities.
Regional Planning
The Regional Planning program of the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a professional program fully accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board in cooperation with the American Planning Association.
Urban Health (Online)
The Urban Health (Online) program from Drexel University is designed to provide you with an introduction to urban health practice techniques that help you build foundational knowledge in the field.
City and Regional Planning
The City and Regional Planning program at The Ohio State University trains students to become professional planners who apply knowledge and theory to practice, while introducing students to the latest developments in planning knowledge and techniques.
Architecture - Urban Design
Graduate students interested in an advanced preparation in Architecture with a specialization in Urban Design may apply for admission to the Architecture - Urban Design dual degree at Kent State University.
Urban Design
The Master in Urban Design is a three (optional four) semester program at University of Miami that provides students with a design experience investigating the guiding principles for building regions, cities, and communities.
City and Regional Planning
For over a half century, Morgan State University’s City and Regional Planning Program and its antecedent programs have prepared students for careers in urban planning and development and helped students become leaders who have shaped and improved the lives of countless urban dwellers.
Sustainable Urban Environments
Northeastern University’s Master of Design for Sustainable Urban Environments brings together the allied professional fields of environmental design, landscape architecture, and urban planning. The program offers advanced study and research opportunities in the design of ecologically and economically productive urban environments.
Urban Design
The Master of Urban Design offered at University of Oklahoma -Tulsa is the only one of its type in the state of Oklahoma.
Urban and Social Policy
The Urban and Social Policy program at Columbia University is an interdisciplinary program providing students with the content knowledge, critical thinking, and analytic skills needed for a successful career in urban policy and/or social policy.
Urban and Regional Planning
The Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning at Eastern Michigan University prepares students to work in a city and regional planning agencies and private consulting firms, where they will be highly desired because of this degree’s emphasis on skills in, land use, environmental planning, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Landscape Architecture (dual degree)
The Landscape Architecture (dual degree) degree in regional planning (M.R.P.) and landscape architecture (M.L.A.) and is a professionally accredited degree intended for students with an interest in both planning and design issues, at Cornell University.