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Employment Information for Master of Urban Planning Graduates Working in Planning Related Jobs (2008-2012) A SAMPLE OF PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS (CURRENTLY EMPLOYED): Boston Landmarks Commission Boston, MA Boulder County Land Use Planning Division Boulder, CO Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning Chicago, IL Chicago Transit Authority Chicago, IL City of Baltimore Office of Sustainability Baltimore, MD City of Dallas Dallas, TX City of Detroit Detroit, MI City of Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI City of Portland Portland, OR Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Lincroft, NJ Georgia Department of Transportation Atlanta, GA Maryland State Highway Administration Baltimore, MD Metropolitan Area Planning Council Boston, MA Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Lansing, MI New York City Housing Authority New York, NY Puget Sound Regional Council Seattle, WA San Francisco County Transportation Authority San Francisco, CA Southwest Michigan Planning Commission Benton Harbor, MI U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Washington, DC U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC U.S. EPA Office of Sustainable Communities Washington, DC U.S. Senate, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Washington, DC West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy Charleston, WV A SAMPLE OF PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS (CURRENTLY EMPLOYED): AECOM Shanghai, China BAM International Dubai, UAE CH2M Hill San Francisco, CA Community Attributes Seattle, WA Ecology and Environment, Inc. Houston, TX ESRI Redlands, CA The Futures Company New York, NY The Habitat Company Ann Arbor, MI Herrera Environmental Consultants Seattle, WA Jones Lang LaSalle Shanghai, China Lea & Elliot Dulles, VA McKenna Associates Northville, MI MPG Office Trust, LLC Los Angeles, CA Nelson/Nygaard Consulting Associates Boston, MA Parsons Brinckerhoff Tempe, AZ Real Property Research Group Columbia, MD RTKL Washington, DC Skeo Solutions Corvallis, OR Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners New York, NY SunEdison San Francisco, CA Vitetta Philadelphia, PA ORGANIZATION TYPE: public sector private sector nonprofit sector 19% 39% 42% A SAMPLE OF NONPROFIT JOBS (CURRENTLY EMPLOYED): American Planning Association Washington, DC Archdiocese of Philadelphia – Community Development Philadelphia, PA Casey Trees Washington, DC Center for Climate and Energy Solutions Arlington, VA Clean Energy Coalition Ann Arbor, MI Data Driven Detroit Detroit, MI Enterprise Community Partners Washington, DC Forterra Seattle, WA Forsyth Futures Winston-Salem, NC International Economic Development Council Los Angeles, CA Louisiana Housing Alliance Baton Rogue, LA Michigan Community Detroit, MI Michigan Suburbs Alliance Detroit, MI Partners in Care Foundation Los Angeles, CA Quest 35, Inc. Atlanta, GA The Trust for Public Land San Francisco Urban Strategies Council Oakland, CA Top 10 Metro Areas: Detroit, MI Washington, DC New York, NY Chicago, IL San Francisco, CA Los Angeles, CA Boston, MA Seattle, WA Baltimore, MD Philadelphia, PA 6% of M.U.P. alums 2008-2012 work internationally The University of Michigan Urban and Regional Planning graduate program was established in 1946 and was one of the first Master programs in the country. We have over 1,300 living alumni. WHERE M.U.P. ALUMNI WORK: Top 10 International Areas: Republic of Korea Taiwan India Japan China Thailand Indonesia Malaysia Canada Singapore
