The Planning Accreditation Board recently adopted revised standards that place increased emphasis on outcomes (see www.planningaccreditationboard.org). To this end, the following information is provided about Temple University’s MS in Community and Regional Planning program:
The MS in Community and Regional Planning program has 130 alumni.
The current, accredited, 45 credit program for the MS in Community and Regional Planning went into effect in fall 2009. Since then, the retention rate is 82%. Twenty five students have completed this program in an average of two years.
Degrees awarded by year:
2012 20
2011 17
2010 14
2009 13
AICP Membership
Thirteen of Temple University's MS in CRP alumni have earned the AICP credential. The American Planning Association reports that the alumni who have taken the AICP exam within three years of graduation have a 100 percent pass rate.
Employment rate
A survey of alumni indicates that 60 percent are employed directly in the planning field. The remainder of alumni are employed in planning related fields such as private consulting, real estate development, emergency management, land conservation and academia. What follows is a list of places, agencies and firms where our alumni are currently or have been employed.
Public Agencies
Federal
Federal Emergency Management Agency
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
State
Montana, Department of Health & Human Services
Oregon Department of Transportation
Pennsylvania Department of Health, Chronic Disease Plan Development/Direction
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Pennsylvania Treasury Department
Regional
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Philadelphia, PA
Lehigh Valley Planning Commission
Tri-County Regional Planning Commission, Harrisburg, PA
County
Bucks County Planning Commission, PA
Camden County Improvement Authority, NJ
Montgomery County Planning Commission, PA
Chester County Intermediate Unit, PA
Chester County Planning Commission, PA
Local
City of Bainbridge Island, WA
Cherry Hill Township, NJ
Derry Township, Hershey, PA
East Hempfield Township, PA
Hatboro Borough, PA
Lower Merion Township Planning Department, PA
Lansdale Borough Council, PA
Mount Joy Township, Elizabethtown, PA
Newtown Township, PA
Northampton Township, PA
City of Oldsmar, FL
Philadelphia Planning Department, Division of Aviation, PA
Philadelphia Water Department, PA
Richland Township, PA
Richland Town Borough, PA
Sparta Township, NJ
Upper Saucon Township, PA
Whitpain Township, PA
Private Firms
Consulting (Planning, Engineering, Architecture, and Construction):
A.D. Marble & Company, Conshohocken, PA
AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc.
Carter van Dyke Associates, Doylestown, PA
CDM Smith, Cambridge, MA
Chplanning LTD, Philadelphia, PA
Conner Consulting
Dawood Engineering, Inc., Enola, PA
F.X. Browne Inc., Lansdale, PA
Gannet Fleming
IVI Assessment Services
JMA Inc., West Chester, Pa
KPI Technology
Langan Engineering & Environmental Services
M.T. Solomon & Associates, LLC
Mainstay Engineering, Ambler PA
Orsatti & Associates, Inc., King Of Prussia, PA
Parsons Brinckerhoff, Philadelphia, PA
PBS&J
Re:Vision Architecture, Philadelphia, PA
Stantec Inc.
Triad Associates, Glenside PA/Vineland NJ
UJMN Architects + Designers, Philadelphia, PA
Urban Engineers, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
URS
Walker Parking Consultants, Wayne, PA
Real Estate and Development
Calvin Smoker Builder, Honey Brook, PA
Colliers International, Philadelphia PA
D.Patrick Welsh Real Estate LLC, Swarthmore, PA
WCI Partners, LP, Harrisburg, PA
Non-Profits
Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
Brandywine Conservancy, Chadds Ford, PA
Community Cultural Exchange, Philadelphia, PA
DataHaven, New Haven, CT
Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia, PA
Greater Valley Forge Transportation Management Association, King of Prussia, PA
ICLEI, Local Governments for Sustainability
Korean Community Development Services Center, Philadelphia, PA
Lancaster Farmland Trust, Lancaster, PA
Lehigh Valley Industrial Park, Inc., Bethlehem, PA
Natural Lands Trust, Media, PA
New Jersey Energy Star Homes
Pennsylvania Downtown Center, Harrisburg, PA
Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, Philadelphia, PA
Regional Economic Development District Initiative (REDDI)
Turning Roots CSA, Downingtown, PA
West End Neighborhood House, Wilmington, DE
WVWA, Ambler, Pa
Universities
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Other
Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Rutledge, MO
Farm To City, Philadelphia PA
Heritage Equipment
Kaplin, Stewart, Meloff, Reiter & Stein, P.C., Blue Bell, PA
