Architecture and Related Services
Urban and regional planning
Listed by colleges as City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
Prepares you to apply principles of planning, analysis, and architecture to the development and improvement of urban areas and surrounding regions, and to function as professional planners. Covers principles of architecture; master plan development; service, communications, and transportation systems design; community and commercial development; zoning; land use planning; applied economics; policy analysis; applicable laws and regulations; and professional responsibilities and managerial duties.
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Architectural and Engineering Managers
- Median pay
- $171,270
- Hiring change through 2035
- 5.5%
- Job openings a year
- 14,900
To get hiredBachelor's degree
Explore this career Growing with the economyUrban and Regional Planners
- Median pay
- $89,320
- Hiring change through 2035
- 3.9%
- Job openings a year
- 3,200
To get hiredMaster's degree
Explore this career Growing slowlySocial Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other
- Median pay
- $72,990
- Hiring change through 2035
- 1.6%
- Job openings a year
- 1,300
To get hiredDoctoral or professional degree
Explore this career Growing with the economyArchitecture Teachers, Postsecondary
- Median pay
- $96,870
- Hiring change through 2035
- 2.6%
- Job openings a year
- 700
To get hiredDoctoral or professional degree
Explore this careerAll work is projected to grow 3.5% between 2025 and 2035; read every hiring-change figure against it. The figures beside each career are the pay of that work, across everyone doing it. Graduates of this field earn $39,577 one year after completing the program, which is the start of a career rather than the shape of one.
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