The Department offers the Master of Community and Regional Planning degree with areas of concentration in land use and transportation, community design and development, and rural and environmental planning.  Students may  design their own area of concentration, with the assistance of their major professor. The primary focus of the M.C.R.P. degree is to prepare students with the education and practical skills to be leaders in the practice of planning. The program of graduate study is accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board of the American Institute of Certified Planners and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.

Degree requirements include completion of a 2-year, 48-credit program, including a required core (21 credits), electives (21-23 credits) and one of the following: capstone studio (4 credits), professional report (4 credits), or thesis (6 credits).  The required core consists of C R P 563, 564, 561, 565, 566, 532 and 592. Students select electives in consultation with their Program of Study (POS) committee.  

Admission to the M.C.R.P. program is by application to the Department and to the GraduateSchool. Students with a bachelors degree in planning or students who have taken highly relevant coursework may be able to waive up to 9 credits of course requirements. Students must petition the DOGE in writing prior to the first day class of the student's first semester in the program to have credits waived. Students are encouraged to complete an internship in a planning office. No foreign language is required for the degree master of community and regional planning.

Double degree programs are offered with sustainable agriculture (MS/MCRP), architecture (MCRP/M.Arch), business (MCRP/MBA), public administration (MCRP/MPA), and landscape architecture (MCRP/MLA). The department also participates in the interdepartmental major in transportation.

The department also offers a 13-credit graduate certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in spatial analysis, GIS applications and program management. The program is open to graduate students in all disciplines of the University.  Information for the graduate certificate may be obtained from the department office at the GIS web page.