Urban Planning ranking - Master's

[Jiyoon]

Hi all, 

Does anyone know what's the US master's degree in Urban Planning ranking? Specifically, more for research and smart city. 

I wonder what's UW's reputation on this. 

Many thanks in advance!  :) 

 

[cityplace_uptown]

The "professionally respected" rankings are found in the Planetizen Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs (you have to buy the book/PDF to see past the top ten). That said, don't focus on explicit ranking as there really isn't much difference between, say, the #5 and #15 programs. Instead, the most helpful part of the guide is the stats they post for each individual school, they're pretty comprehensive and in combination with school location should help you narrow down what you want.

Can't comment on research output or informatics specifically (check the Guide for faculty publications and concentrations ?) but UW is well-regarded in the general planning field, it was top-15 in the 2017 version of Planetizen. Also definitely poke around on the program website and Linkedin for job placement — see if the grads end up in positions and locations you like.

[tetsuoka]

Harvard, MIT, and Berkeley are the most competitive programs by a wide margin

[planningfor2021]

Planetizen's ranking criteria is kind of a joke. Any one have link to the departmental citation ranking?