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PlotFuture / Majors / 04.03

What can you do with a
City/Urban, Community, And Regional Planning degree?

City/Urban, Community, And Regional Planning is mid-paying, AI barely touches it, but escape routes are thin.

Is this major worth the money?

Real graduate earnings vs. the debt you'd carry — and how long it takes to pay off.
6.3 yrs
to pay back the degree
+$19k
earnings premium vs no degree
Median earnings
$63,520
Typical debt
$23,444
4-yr net cost
$72,660
Monthly loan payment
$267/mo
If you earn:

Where this major actually leads

4 careers it opens — bar color = AI risk, tag = how hard the path is.
Architectural and Engineering Managerscommon
AI risk 3 → 47 future · +3.8% demand
$171,092
Information Technology Project Managersleap
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$80,111
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondarystretch
AI risk 0 → 49 future · +2.0% demand
$80,000
Urban and Regional Plannersstretch
AI risk 10 → 48 future · +3.4% demand
$78,499
● green = AI-safe · red = AI-exposed · click any career for the full breakdown
How this is built. We take every career this major leads to (CIP→SOC official crosswalk), then join each one's real salary (BLS/DOL), AI exposure (O*NET + model), demand growth, and skill-based escape routes. ROI from College Scorecard. Every figure here is joined from official sources, not estimated.