M.C.R.P. Degree Statistics

The program shall attract a sufficient number of well-qualified students from diverse backgrounds and shall adequately prepare, support, and advise these students to pursue and contribute successfully to the field of urban and regional planning.  Accordingly, the program shall demonstrate that its students upon graduation possess the knowledge, skills, and values that will enable them to secure professional employment, to perform effectively as planners, and to participate meaningfully in the planning profession.   Because students will join an increasingly diverse workforce, and work in diverse communities affected by global pressures, the student body should be diverse.  The approach to diversity should reflect the program’s intended scope (e.g., local, regional, national, international).  The program should strive to attract a student population, particularly from groups historically lacking access to, and under-represented in, higher education, as well as representative of the type of mixtures of ethnic, racial, and economic groups to be found in the settings where planners often practice. The program determines student achievement in the following areas with outcomes:

1. Graduate Satisfaction
How well do you think your educational experience in the planning program prepared you for the job you currently hold?

2. Graduate Employment
(see below)

3. Graduate Certification
(see below)

4. Graduate Service to the Community and Profession
Our alumni survey indicated that 55 percent of the graduates are members of a professional organization and 14.9 percent assume leadership positions in such organizations.  The survey also showed that 34.7 percent of the graduations are in local community organizations and 22.7 percent assume leadership positions.

A sampling of organizations or groups graduates volunteer for:
(All that apply are checked.)

5. Other Outcomes
Our alumni survey showed that approximately 37 percent of the graduates hold or have held elected or appointed positions at the local, county, state, federal, or international levels, with the highest percentage being appointed local officials.

Response from graduates that currently hold or have held any elected or appointed official positions. (All that apply are checked.)

Tuition and fees calculated for academic year (Fall and Spring semesters), and include tuition rates + student fees.

Students are also charged a health fee that varies from term to term, unless they waive the fee.  Information on the health fee and for a complete list of student fees and for per-credit-hour breakdown, please refer to the University’s Tuition and Fees for New Brunswick Campus Graduate Students here:
http://studentabc.rutgers.edu/tuition-and-fees

Please note that tuition and fees for each school year are available around July 15th.  Most updated tuition and fees schedule is available at http://studentabc.rutgers.edu/

The retention rate for a master’s program is the percentage of students who return the next academic year.  The graduation rate for a master’s program is the percentage of students who graduate within four (4) years of enrolling.

To become a certified planner, members of the American Planning Association (APA) must meet certain education and experience requirements and pass the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Exam. The pass rate is the percentage of test takers who pass the examination within 3 years of graduating from a masters program, and / or within 5 years of graduating from a bachelors program.