The four schools that have a higher rank than Georgia Tech are: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1); University of California – Berkeley; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and University of California, Los Angeles. Rounding out the Top 10 are: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (6); Cornell University (7); University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill (8); University of Southern California (9); and Harvard University (10).

“The Planetizen Guide is a widely-used, rich source of information about graduate planning programs in the United States,” said Bruce Stiftel, chair of the School of City and Regional Planning, in a story written on its website. “Identification as a top five program by Planetizen in their performance indicator-based ranking is a welcome recognition of Georgia Tech’s innovative and professionally-engaged planning education.”