What Can You do With A CRP Degree?

Careers for planning graduates are available in private and corporate practice (multidisciplinary design firms, land developers, real estate agencies, and urban, regional or city planning firms), public practice (economic development agencies, environmental organizations, health departments, housing authorities, federal, state, regional, county and municipal governments), and nonprofit practice (chambers of commerce, environmental advocacy organizations; environmental, cultural and historic resource protection organizations, neighborhood and community advocacy groups, Peace Corps, social service organizations, etc.).

The following career paths reflect specific positions pursued by recent planning graduates from Iowa State University, and do not represent a comprehensive list of the possible career choices available to someone with a planning degree. Please note that some careers require additional education beyond the bachelor's degree.

• Comprehensive planning
• Downtown development
• Economic development
• Environmental planning
• Geographic information systems specialization
• Growth management
• Housing
• Historic preservation
• International planning
• Land-use planning
• Neighborhood planning
• Planning management
• Policy planning and management
• Regional and metropolitan planning
• Rural planning
• Site design
• Small-town planning
• Social planning
• Strategic planning
• Sustainable development
• Transportation planning
• University or college teaching, research and administration (requires additional education)
• Urban design
• Urban revitalization
• Zoning administration