Planning Program Enrollment Trends
Enrollment Proportions (2012)
Undergraduate Overall, undergraduate enrollment in planning programs has declined by 9% over the last 5 years.
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Enrollment in planning programs has remained fairly constant over the last 5 years. Planning programs saw an increase in enrollment from 2009-2011, however, these numbers have since decreased.
Enrollment Trends (2008-2012) 8000
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Total Enrollment Female The proportion of male to female students has remained fairly even over the last 5 years.
6000
81
Graduate The number of graduate students enrolled in planning programs has increased 3% over the last 5 years.
4000 Undergraduate Enrollment
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2000 International
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35 Underrepresented Minorities
Between 2008 and 2012 the number of students from foriegn countries enrolled in planning programs is up 28%.
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
The proportion of minority students enrolled in planning programs has decreased 5% over the last 5 years.
Undergraduate and Graduate Enrollment by Race (2012)
8000
Graduate Enrollment
5000
6000
Graduate Enrollment
3000
4000
Undergraduate Enrollment
2000
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
0
White
African American
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian
Native Hawaiian Some Other and Other Pacific Race Islander
Planning Enrollment by School (2008-2012)
Two or More Races
Unknown Race
Foreign Student
Hispanic or Latino
Trends 28 planning schools have average enrollments over the last 5 years above the national average. Half of planning schools have seen an increase in enrollment from 2008-2012 and half have seen a decrease in enrollment. 24 schools have seen a variance in enrollment that is higher than one standard deviation for the national average.
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Average Planning School Enrollment
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Average planning school enrollment for undergraduate and graduate programs combined is 86.3 students for the last 5 years.
Median Planning School Enrollment
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As there are several planning programs with higher enrollment numbers than the national average, the median enrollment numbers control for the outliers in the dataset. The median planning program enrollment averages 76.9 over the last 5 years.
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Source: Planning Accreditation Board Student Demographic Data, Annual Report Online Database Craeted by: Brittany Kubinski, graduate student in City & Regional Planning at The Ohio State University
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