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The Urban Studies & Planning Major

The urban studies and planning major provides students with a variety of perspectives for understanding the development, growth, and culture of cities and the communities within them.

The Urban Studies and Planning major is widely acknowledged to be one of the best programs of its type in the USA. Upon graduation, many students seeking advanced degrees get accepted into the nation's best universities including UCLA, UC Berkeley, MIT, Cornell, Columbia, Yale and the University of Pennsylvania. Alumni hold very distinguished positions in planning, architecture, real estate and development, government, business, education, public health, law and the nonprofit sector. 

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