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230 Master's degrees in Urban Planning in North America

Urban Forestry Leadership
The University of British Columbia’s Master of Urban Forestry Leadership (MUFL) is a unique, intensive 13-month course-based master’s programme for those ready to shape the cities of tomorrow. As the only programme of its kind, MUFL offers a truly interdisciplinary education—blending expertise from arboriculture, forestry, urban planning, landscape architecture, and urban forestry.

Urban Planning
Urban planners help to create better communities. The Urban Planning program at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee empowers you to transform communities, drive policy and foster connections across diverse neighborhoods. And any undergraduate degree can lead you here.

Urban Design
The Urban Design program at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee prepares you to reshape urban spaces with meaningful insight, creativity and impact. With our program, you’ll bridge design and planning with an advanced degree in as little as 12 months.

Planning
Dalhousie University's Master of Planning programme contributes solutions to cities dealing with population growth, urbanization, and sustainability. Planners work in a range of public, private, and non-profit settings across the country.

Urban Studies
The Urban Studies course at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee provides students with a broad understanding of urban society and trains them in research techniques appropriate to the study of metropolitan communities. The course of study stresses the understanding of social processes and the analysis of social and economic policies affecting cities.

Urban Planning and Regional Development (Online)
The Urban Planning and Regional Development (Online) course at East Tennessee State University can help drive strong communities and lasting growth.

Urban Leadership
The M.A. in Urban Leadership at University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Public Policy and Leadership recognizes that effective, creative, and energetic urban leaders are critical for fostering positive change to the economic, social, and political conditions of America’s cities.

Urban Planning and Policy
Learn to lead transformative change in neighborhoods, communities, cities, towns, and regions in the Urban Planning and Policy degree at Northeastern University. Seeking place-based solutions, you’ll learn to manage today’s most urgent environmental, social, and political challenges.

Urban Design
The Master of Urban Design (MUD) at University of Colorado Denver is an advanced post-professional degree programme for individuals who seek a career in urban design practice or for current planning and design professionals who want to enhance and expand their existing practice with urban design knowledge and expertise.

Urban and Regional Planning
The Master of Urban and Regional Planning Programme at the University of Colorado Denver is one of the top planning programmes in the US.

Geography - Urban Planning (Online)
Have you ever visited a city and pondered its needs? Perhaps you saw opportunities to build restaurants, recreational facilities, housing, or churches – and you felt inspired to put your vision into practice. If so, Liberty University’s Master of Arts (MA) in Geography - Urban Planning (Online) may be for you!

Landscape Architecture and Urbanism
The Landscape Architecture and Urbanism programme from Illinois Institute of Technology is a fundamentally progressive urban enterprise based on three defining principles: the equitable global growth of our urban centers, strong trans-disciplinary collaboration, and the advancement of urban landscape theory in research and in practice

Public Administration - Urban Planning (Online)
Learn to Lead City Development with Liberty University’s Public Administration - Urban Planning (Online) programme.
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.
Urban Environmental Analysis
The Urban Environmental Analysis programme of Rutgers University is designed to educate and equip students with the skills and tools necessary to successfully delineate and remediate pollution problems, to market products and services, and to successfully manage projects and interact with state and federal regulatory agencies.
Urban and Regional Planning
The Urban and Regional Planning programme at the University of Florida is a professional graduate degree accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board. This full-time, on-campus course spans four semesters and requires 52 credit hours, including a professional internship to prepare students for diverse planning careers.
Applied Urban Science and Informatics
The Applied Urban Science and Informatics M.Sc. at New York University is a two-year, full-time programme delivered on campus. This public study mode course focuses on using data science and emerging technologies to solve complex urban challenges, making cities more resilient and equitable through advanced informatics.
Land and Property Development
The Master of Land and Property Development (MLPD) from Texas A&M University is an entrepreneurship-oriented program of study which combines business and finance with physical planning, design and construction.
Community and Regional Planning
The Community and Regional Planning programme at the University of British Columbia is a professional master degree delivered in person at the Vancouver campus. This intensive, two-year public study mode course focuses on sustainable urban development, indigenous partnerships, and equitable social change in a global context.
City Planning
The Master of City Planning at Boston University’s Metropolitan College prepares students for a wide variety of professional roles in urban planning and management, including as city planners, research analysts, and policy experts in federal, state, and local governments; nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations; corporations; and research institutions.