Environmental Studies Bachelors/Urban Planning Masters

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According to the AICP's education site, there are 72 U.S. universities accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board! Most of the Ivies do, and many state university systems have at least one branch that offers a degree in urban/regional planning. Of those 72 accredited programs, only three do not offer a graduate-level program (in fact, most of them only offer grad degrees).

This is one of those careers where the undergrad major is not critical because you really need the MA/MS to get into the field. Environmental studies would be great, but so would sociology, economics, political science, or business administration.

I'm assuming that if he is interested in Northeastern, he lives in Massachusetts. UMass offers a BS in Environmental Design with an available concentration in Urban Studies. If he decides to pursue the degree through TESC, he may be able to take major-related courses at UMass and transfer them to TESC (as well as do the heavy duty credit-by-exam to cover the general education credits).