Is a City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning degree worth it?
Across 15 schools, graduates of City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning earn a median $65,382 five years out on $23,444 of debt. Graduates most commonly work as Urban and Regional Planners (modeled from the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk). These earnings and debt figures come from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Median 5-yr pay
$65,382
Median debt
$23,444
Years to pay off
3.6
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
48%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+3.4%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
9.9%
$69,409 vs $62,560
Net price
$17,087/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$4,160
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.