Nationally Ranked

Iowa State University’s Master of Community and Regional Planning graduate program is ranked among the top programs in the United States by Planetizen, the leading online network for the urban planning, design and development community. Produced every three years, the “Planetizen Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs” provides the only comprehensive rankings of graduate urban planning programs in the nation.

Iowa State’s MCRP program is ranked 5th in the nation among programs that do not grant a PhD, 6th in the nation among the “top small programs” based on enrollment, and 6th overall among all Midwestern graduate urban planning programs (including those that offer a doctoral degree). It also ranks 4th nationally among small city programs (also based on enrollment).