Student Achievement Information, Outcomes, and Costs

Student Achievement Information, Outcomes, and Costs

Student Achievement Information, Outcomes, and Costs

The Planning Accreditation Board requires this information be posted for the Community and Environmental Planning program.

Student Achievement
The undergraduate Community and Environmental Planning Program defines student achievement as follows:
  1. Students will successfully complete all degree requirements in a time-efficient manner.
  2. Students will achieve competence in foundational knowledge necessary to understand the multi-faceted 21st century world. This content is learned via the Rowan Core program.
  3. Students will achieve a foundation in core knowledge in planning that will prepare them for both further study and the workplace. This foundation includes:
    a. Ability to identify and define foundational planning concepts, theories, and principles.
    b. Ability to apply these foundational concepts, theories, and principles to real-world planning problems and processes.
    c. Ability to communicate these foundational concepts, theories, and principles effectively to both academic and public audiences.
  4. Students will be able to generate and explore their own questions about design, organization, and management of the landscape, the environment, and communities.
  5. Students will gain experience through a required internship in a professional planning position or related field.

 

2024-2025 Tuition and Fees

In State Residents, per full-time academic year

$ 16,574

Out of State Residents, per full-time academic year

$ 26,932

 For detailed information on Rowan tuition and fees please visit: https://sites.rowan.edu/financial-aid/cost-of-attendance/annual-coa-2324.html

 

Student Retention Rate

Percent

Average student retention rate from 2018 to 2025

80%

 

Student Graduation Rate

Percent

Percentage of students graduating within 4 years, entering class of 2021

(One student entered with the major declared and graduated within 4 years.)

N/A

Percentage of students graduating within 6 years, entering class of 2019 (for accredited undergrad)

(Six students entered with the major declared.  Two left the major.  Four graduated within 4 years.)

 N/A

 


Number of Degrees Awarded

Number of degrees awarded for the 2024-2025 Academic Year

5

 

 AICP Pass Rate

Percent

Percentage of bachelor’s graduates taking the AICP exam within 5 years who passed, graduating class of 2019 (for accredited undergrad)

No student from our program’s graduating class of 2017 took the AICP exam.

75% (6 of 8)

 

 Employment

Percent

Percentage of all graduates obtaining professional planning, planning-related, or other positions within 12 months of graduation, graduating class of 2024

74%

 

Planning Excellence Awards

Community Planning + Visualization Lab Awards
The Community Planning + Visualization Lab has received Planning Excellence Awards from the American Planning Association New Jersey Chapter in the following years:

  • 2019: Received the Outstanding Student Project award for a green infrastructure and placemaking plan in Camden’s Waterfront South. The project was praised for its innovation in stormwater management and strong community outreach.

  • 2021: Earned the Outstanding Community Engagement and Education Award for a food equity vision plan in Glassboro, developed in partnership with local organizations and submitted to the Glassboro Health Equity Coalition and Board of Health.

  • 2022: Received the Outstanding Community Engagement and Education Award for a neighborhood-wide green infrastructure plan in Camden’s Waterfront South, developed through deep community engagement and partnership with local nonprofits and government agencies.

  • 2023: Awarded the Outstanding Community Engagement and Education Award for “Restorative City Planning: Parks, People, and the Environment,” a collaborative studio project in Camden involving nonprofit and community partners.

  • 2024: Received the Outstanding Community Engagement and Education Award for “Community Voices: A New Vision for Rowan University’s Master Plan,” a participatory planning project developed in collaboration with Rowan Facilities and The Olin Studio.