Master of City and Regional Planning (MCRP) Degree & Employment Statistics

Student Achievement (Outcomes)

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?

		Frequency	Valid Percent
	Very well	110	22.9
	Quite well	164	34.2
	Fairly well	128	26.7
	Slightly well	58	12.1
	Not at all well	20	4.2
	Total	480	100.0
Missing	System	43
Total		523

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.)

		Responses		Percent of Cases
		N	Percent	Percent of Cases
	Professional organization, member	259	22.0%	55.0%
	Professional organization, leadership position	70	6.0%	14.9%
	Service organization, member	106	9.0%	22.5%
	Service organization, leadership position	74	6.3%	15.7%
	Local community organization, member	168	14.3%	35.7%
	Local community organization, leadership position	107	9.1%	22.7%
	Advocacy organization, member	105	8.9%	22.3%
	Advocacy organization, leadership position	47	4.0%	10.0%
	Advisory groups, member	103	8.8%	21.9%
	Advisory groups, leadership position.	36	3.1%	7.6%
	Other, please specify:	44	3.7%	9.3%
	None	57	4.8%	12.1%
Total		1176	100.0%

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.)

		Responses		Percent of Cases
		N	Percent	Percent of Cases
	Local appointed official	101	19.1%	21.2%
	Local elected official	22	4.2%	4.6%
	County appointed official	29	5.5%	6.1%
	County elected official	3	0.6%	0.6%
	State appointed official	25	4.7%	5.2%
	State elected official	1	0.2%	0.2%
	Federal appointed official	4	0.8%	0.8%
	International appointed official	5	0.9%	1.0%
	International elected official	1	0.2%	0.2%
	None	338	63.9%	70.9%
Total		529	100.0%

Tuition & Fees

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

2023-24 Academic Year Tuition and Fees	Tuition	Fees	Total
In-State Residents, per full-time academic year	$19,824	$2,749	$22,573
Out-of-State Residents, per full-time academic year	$33,552	$2,749	$36,301

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:
https://finance.rutgers.edu/student-abc/tuition-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/

Student Retention & Graduation Rates

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.

Student Retention Rate	Percent
Percentage of students who began studies in fall 2022 and continued into fall 2023	93.0

Student Graduation Rate	Percent
Percentage of students graduating within 4 years, entering class of 2019	95.0

Number of Degrees Awarded

Number of Degrees Awarded	Total
Number of degrees awarded for the 2022-2023 Academic Year	83

AICP Certification

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.

AICP Certification	Percent
Percentage of master’s graduates taking the AICP exam within 3 years who pass, graduating class of 2019	85.0

Employment Rate

Employment	Percent
Percentage of all graduates obtaining professional planning, planning-related, or other positions within 12 months of graduation, graduating class of 2022	90.0

91% Employed or pursuing Higher Education six months post-graduation
91% Percentage of 2022 MCRP students employed or pursuing further education six months post-graduation.
9% Unknown Employment Status
$72,800 Average salary for the class of 2022

Top Employers of our MCRP Graduates and Interns

Our students and alumni have found meaningful internships and work in the public, non-profit, and private sectors, and have dedicated themselves to enacting effective changes at the federal, state and local levels.