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MUP Employment Data

MUP 2023 Employment Data (86% knowledge rate). 99% of MUP students secured employment, are pursuing a PhD or other continued education within one year of graduating. Sector Breakdown: 9% Nonprofit Sector, 32% Public Sector, 51% Private Sector, 8% Graduate School.

The Price School’s 2023 Master of Urban Planning (MUP) graduating class are pursuing a diverse range of careers across urban planning. The distinctive focus of social justice and data innovation within the degree equips students to address critical issues impacting the urban environment.

Top fields of placement:

  • City, County, State Regional Planning
  • Mobility & Transportation
  • Housing and Real Estate
  • Environmental Planning
  • Urban Design

Common roles:

  • Planner: Regional, Transportation
  • Associate/Assistant Planner
  • Assistant Project Manager
  • Planning Analyst

Location:

82% California– 75% Southern, 7% Northern | 9% Out of State– Colorado, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Texas | 9% International– China, Columbia, Japan, Italy, Saudi Arabia

Listed below are examples of the organizations at which the class of 2023 are currently employed.

Nonprofit Sector

Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation. Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design (I)
Georgia Institute of Technology, Master of Science in Geographic Information Systems
University of California, Davis. Ph.D. Transportation

Nonprofit Sector

Baylor University, San Giuliano Archaeological Research Project
Bicycle Oven
Columbia University
For Freedoms
Los Angeles River Integrated Design Lab
USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work

Private Sector

AECOM
Alam Al Tasees
Arellano Associates
ATC
Cumming Group
DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
David J. Powers & Associates, Inc.
EKA
Environmental Science Associates (I)
Fairbrook Communities, LLC
Fehr & Peers (I)
HNTB Corporation
Interwest Consulting Group
John L. Hunter and Associates
Kimley-Horn (II)
KOA
Linc Housing
Lisa Wise Consulting, Inc.
Los Angeles City Planning
Meta Housing Corporation
Milrose Consultants, LLC
Moo Housing
NWI
Public Matters
Qingyan Think Tank
Richard Heath & Associates, Inc. (RHA)
Stantec
Steer
Walt Disney Imagineering

Public Sector

Agencia Nacional de Infraestructura (ANI)
Caltrans
Central Japan Railway Company
City of Alhambra
City of Buena Park
City of Culver City
City of Hayward
City of Hillsboro
City of Los Angeles, Economic & Workforce Development Department
City of Rosemead
City of Torrance
City of West Hollywood
Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning (I)
LA Metro
MassDOT
Ontario International Airport
Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)
Stanislaus Council of Governments
U.S. DOT Volpe National Transportation Center

Past Employment Data

2022
2021
2020

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