Auburn University

About Auburn University

The mission of the Master of Community Planning program at Auburn University, a Planning Accreditation Board accredited program, is to prepare competent, ethical, and responsible future professional planners for addressing complex planning issues in an interdisciplinary and dynamic environment, with an explicit focus on social justice, equity, and inclusion, and making communities resilient and sustainable. Active, hands-on, and community-engaged learning on real projects, with partners in underserved communities in Alabama and the Southeast region, and facilitated by professionally active faculty, is the foundation of the program.

Points of Distinction

The program offers a broad-based planning education through core courses, combined with the opportunity to take electives in the following areas of faculty expertise: sustainable development, land use and law, GIS and mapping, place-making and urban design, transportation, real estate development, revitalization and economic development, affordable housing, historic preservation, and community development and non-profits. The program provides small class sizes with individual attention, and an interdisciplinary, practice-based learning environment. Students also get to participate in the program’s Alabama City Year initiative (https://www.alabamacityyearprogram.com/), which, through coursework, provides real-life, practical, hands-on experience with a community in the Southeast region of the US.

Degrees & Programs

Master's Degree
Degree Name	Master of Community Planning
Degree accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board:	Yes
Minimum GPA	3.0
Minimum GRE	Not required
Minimum TOEFL	550 on the paper-based test (pBT), 213 on the computer-based test (cBT), 79 on the Internet-based test (iBT). Additionally, successful applicants must score a minimum of 16 on all sections (listening, reading, speaking, and writing) of the iBT.
Minimum IELTS	6.5 overall band score
Year this program started	1979
In-state tuition per year	$12,524 (full-time)
Out-of-state tuition per year	$33,908 (full-time)
Application deadline	July 15th for fall semester and December 15th for spring semester
Financial aid and scholarship deadline	March 1st for fall semester and October 1st for spring semester

Bachelor's Degree
Degree accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board:	Yes