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209 Master's degrees in Urban Planning in United States
Urban Planning
The Master of Urban Planning from University of Washington is the usual educational credential for professional planning practice. It is normally a two-year, or six-quarter program, for a minimum of 72 credits.
Urban Planning and Public Policy
Urban Planning and Public Policy from Harvard University permits students to pursue a Master in Public Policy (MPP) degree at HKS and a Master in Urban Planning (MUP) degree at the GSD and to complete both degrees in three years, rather than the four years that would be required if the two degrees were pursued independently.
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-Land Use and Environmental Planning
The City and Regional Planning-Land Use and Environmental Planning 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.
Urban Planning and Policy Development
Founded in 1967, the Urban Planning and Policy Development programme at Rutgers University educates innovative people who wish to combine social concerns with analytic skills. While planners work on a wide range of problems, they also are likely to focus on a particular issue or specialization in building individual careers, concentrating their professional expertise.
Urban Design
The Master of Urban Design (MUD) at Iowa State University is an initial, interdisciplinary program of study that focuses on contemporary challenges of urbanism at the local, regional and global scales.
Urban Planning
The Urban Planning programme at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee is a professional Master’s degree designed for impactful community transformation. This on-campus course welcomes students from any undergraduate background, offering full-time or part-time study paths to master sustainable and inclusive urban growth.
City and Regional Planning and Law
This The City and Regional Planning and Law program at Georgia Institute of Technology broadens the intellectual horizons of both Georgia State University College of Law and the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Architecture by facilitating interdisciplinary study.
Geography and Environmental Planning
Combine a comprehensive study of physical and human geography with an emphasis on global skills and geographic techniques. Choose a specialized course of study to focus to match your career interests. The Geography and Environmental Planning program is offered at Towson University.
Community Planning and Health Equity
The dual degree in Community Planning and Health Equity from University of Maryland combines course work from the Community Planning and Health Equity programs to enable a student to complete both the Master of Community Planning and Master of Health Equity at the same time.
City and Regional Planning
The City and Regional Planning 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 Planning
The Master of City and Regional Planning (MCRP) degree at the University of Memphis is awarded after the successful completion of 48 semester hours.
Urban Studies with Library and Information Science
Students in this Urban Studies with Library and Information Science program from University of Wisconsin Milwaukee concurrently pursue a Masters’ degree in Urban Studies (MS) and a MLIS degree.
Global and Comparative Urban Planning Governance
The Urban School of Sciences Po (Paris) and the Urban Planning Department at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), two of the most highly rated programs in urbanism, policies, governance and urban planning in the world, are launching the new dual Global and Comparative Urban Planning Governance program.
Sustainable Urban Planning
The Sustainable Urban Planning program at George Washington University you will study cities through the lens of economic, social, and environmental sustainability.
Urban Placemaking and Management
In the Urban Placemaking and Management program from Pratt Institute, we prepare professionals for this rapidly growing field. You’ll learn to create successful, vibrant, equitable, and economically viable public spaces using a bottom-up, community-driven, people-centric approach.
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.
Transdisciplinary Sciences and Urbanism
The graduate degree program in Transdisciplinary Sciences and Urbanism offered through the Texas Southern University (TSU) - College of Transdisciplinary Studies are for students who are interested in creating an individualized academic program with a strong education foundation, and with applied, experiential training that integrates valued workplace standards, experience, and past academic work
Urban Planning
The Master in Urban Planning at The City University of New York has four integrated components: a core curriculum, an area of concentration, an internship, and a studio. The 54-credit program is structured to provide students with the expertise essential to professional practice and to allow for flexibility to accommodate individual professional and academic aspirations.
Community Planning and Real Estate Development
The Community Planning and Real Estate Development dual degree at University of Maryland combines coursework from the urban studies and planning and real estate development programs to enable a student to complete both the Master of Community Planning and Master of Real Estate Development degrees with fewer credits than it would take to complete the two separately.