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• University of Alaska Fairbanks - The College of Rural and Community Development offers a BA and MA in Rural Development with an available concentration in Community Business & Economic Development.  Focus of the program is on development in rural Alaska.

• John Brown University - offers a BA in Intercultural Studies/Community Development.

• Arizona State University - School of Community Resources and Development offers a BS in the study areas of parks and recreation resources; tourism development and management; and nonprofit leadership and management.

• UC Davis - offers an Master of Science with a focus on community development with a strength in community design and planning.

• University of Southern California - the School of Policy, Planning, and Development offers a Masters of Planning with an available concentration in Social and Community Development.

• University of California LA - the School of Public Affairs offers a Master of Arts and Ph.D. in Urban Planning.  Available MA concentration in Community Development and the Built Environment.

• University of Delaware - Urban Affairs and Public Policy Master’s program has an option for students to study with a concentration on Community Development and Nonprofit Leadership.

• Florida State University - Master’s of Science in Planning program offers a specialization in Housing and Community Development.

• Georgia State University - Andrew Young School of Policy Studies offers a BS in Urban Policy Studies, a Master of Public Administration (with a focus on Nonprofit Management and Planning and Economic development), a Master of Science in Urban Policy Studies, and a Ph.D. program in Public Policy.

• University of Illinois Chicago - the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs offers an Urban Planning and Policy Program with graduate degrees in urban planning. Specialization available in Community Development.

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - the Department of Human and Community Development offers a Ph.D. program in community studies and outreach (CSO). 

• North Park University Chicago - offers a Master of Arts in Community Development.

• Illinois State University - the Stevenson Center has three Master’s Degree programs available. Requires one year of previous experience in community development. Program involves one year of course work and one year of professional practice.

• Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis - Graduate Certificate in Community Building and Urban Education program for educators focuses on urban schools and communities.

• Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance (IDEA) offers an Online Master's Degree Program in Community Development.
• Iowa State University - offers Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Community and Regional planning that include community development class work.
• The University of Iowa - Master's degree program in Urban and Regional Planning provides the option for emphasis in Housing and Community Development.

• University of Kansas - the School of Architecture and Urban Design offer a graduate program in Urban Planning with areas of concentration in environmental and land use planning, housing and development planning, physical development planning, and transportation planning.

• Kansas State University - Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning offers a Master of Regional and Community Planning and a Minor in Community Planning as well as a Graduate Certificate in Community Planning and Development.

• University of Louisville - the School of Urban and Public Affairs offers a Masters of Public Administration and a Masters of Urban Planning degree with the ability to specialize in Housing and Community Development.

• University of Kentucky - Department of Community and Leadership Development offers a Master of Science in Career, Technical and Leadership Education that includes the option for concentration in Community and Leadership Development.

• University of Southern Maine - Muskie School of Public Service offers a Master’s in Community Planning and Development program and a Certificate in Community Planning and Development.

• University of Maryland - School of Social Work Master's program has Management & Community Organization and Social Action & Community Development specializations available.

• University of Massachusetts Lowell - the Department of Psychology offers a Master's degree in Community Social Psychology; and the Department of Regional Economic and Social Development offers a Master's degree.

• Brandeis University - offers a Master of Arts in Sustainable International Development program through The Heller School for Social Policy and Management that incorporates community development elements in an international development perspective.

• Clark University - offers a Master of Arts graduate degree in Community Development and Planning, and an accelerated Bachelor’s/Master's degree program in Community Development and Planning for qualified undergraduates.

• Tufts University - Master of Arts in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning offered including education in community development and housing via concentration in urban/social policy and planning.

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Urban Studies and Planning offers Master of City Planning program with a course of study available in Housing, Community, and Economic Development.

• Grand Valley State University - the School of Public and Nonprofit Administration offers a BA or BS. For the SPNA degree you must select two areas of specialty from community development and planning, public personnel management, information technology, local economic development, public and nonprofit budgeting and finance, and community health.

• Andrews University - the Behavioral Sciences Department offers an MSA in Community and International Development and a BS in behavioral sciences focusing on international community development.

• University of Michigan - the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning offers a Masters of Urban Planning degree with the ability to obtain a concentration in Housing, Community, and Economic Development.  They also a part of a dual degree in urban planning with the School of Social Work.

• University of Michigan School of Social Work Practice Method Concentration in community organizing.

• Wayne State University - Master of Urban Planning offered with option for concentration in Housing and Community Development.

• University of Minnesota - Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs offers a Master of Urban and Regional Planning program with optional specialization in Housing and Community Development.
• St. Cloud State University - Bachelor of Arts in Community Development and Bachelor of Elective Studies - Community Development that include community-based projects and a professional internship.

• Delta State University - offers a Masters of Science in Community Development.

• University of Southern Mississippi - the Department of Economic and Workforce Development offers a Master's in Economic Development and a Master's in Workforce Training and Development.

• Jackson State University - College of Public Service offers undergraduate and graduate programs with available concentration in Community Development and Housing.

• St. Louis University - College of Public Service offers Master of Arts in Urban Planning and Real Estate Development with a concentration in Community Development.
• University of Missouri Columbia - Master’s Degree in Rural Sociology includes option for emphasis in Community Studies.

• University of Montana - Department of Geography Bachelor's and Master's degree programs in Geography include option for concentration in Community and Environmental Planning.

• University of New Hampshire--the Thompson School of Applied Science offers as Associates Degree through the The Community Leadership Program.

• Antioch University’s Environmental Advocacy and Organizing Program - offers activist training for people wanting to work as public interest advocates and grassroots organizers.

• The State University of New Jersey Rutgers - the School of Social Work has a Center for Social and Community Development and offers a BA, Master's, and Ph.D. in Social Work with a course on Community Organization, a Community Development Clinic, and other useful classes for community development.

• University of Nebraska Omaha - Master of Science in Urban Studies with optional specialization available in Housing and Community Development is offered through the School of Public Administration.

• University of New Hampshire - offers undergraduate major and minor in Community Development through the Department of Resource Economics and Development.

• University of New Mexico - offers a Master of Community and Regional Planning.

• The City University of New York (CUNY) - offers a BA or BS in community development and technology. You pick your own courses to create the degree you want with a faculty mentor to help you.

• The City University of New York Queens College - the Department of Urban Studies offers a Master of Arts in urban affairs with the requirement of a community organization course as well as offering courses on the nature of community in urban America. An undergraduate degree in Urban Studies can have a concentration in Community planning and development.

• Milano - The New School for Management and Urban Policy - offers Masters of Science Degrees in urban policy analysis and management, nonprofit management, human resources management, organizational change management, health services management and policy, and a Ph.D. in public and urban policy.

• Columbia University - Master of Urban Planning program offers sector specialization in Housing and Community Development.

• University at Buffalo - Master of Urban Planning program has specialization available in Community Development and Urban Management.

• Cornell University - Master of Professional Studies in Community and Rural Development offers four concentrations, including Community Development Process.

• Pratt Institute - Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning has available concentration in Community Development (Housing and Economic Development).

• State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany - Masters of Regional Planning program offers a concentration in Housing, Local Economic Development, and Community Planning.

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - the Department of City and Regional Planning's Master's program offers an MRP in five areas of specialization: community development (housing and community development or real estate development), economic development (urban and regional development or community economic development), environmental planning, land use planning, and transportation planning.

• The University of North Carolina at Charlotte - Master of Arts Urban/Regional Analysis and Planning includes option  for concentration in Community Development. Community Planning track also offered.

• Case Western Reserve University - the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences offers a Masters of Science in Social Administration with a community development concentration.

• Antioch University McGregor - Master of Arts in Individualized Liberal and Professional Studies includes available concentration in Community Change and Civic Leadership.

• Cleveland State University - Levin College of Urban Affairs Center for Neighborhood Development offers a 12-week neighborhood leadership program and is a resource for neighborhood development internships.  Information on other related programs also available.

• Ohio State University - Master of Science in Rural Sociology through the Department of Human and Community Resource Development offers a degree program with available specialization in Community Development.

• Wright State University - undergraduate program available in the Department of Urban Affairs and Geography with option to concentrate in Community Development.

• University of Oklahoma - Master of Regional Planning program offers concentration option in Community and Economic Development.

• Portland State University - the College of Urban and Public Affairs offers a BA and BS in community development.  Master's program in Urban and Regional Planning also offers specialization in Community Development.

• University of Oregon - Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Planning, Public Policy and Management and
  Master of Community and Regional Planning programs available with department strength in sustainable community development.

• Pennsylvania State University - offers a Master of Science in community and economic development.

• University of Pittsburgh - Master of Social Work program has a concentration available in Community Organization and Social Administration. Further concentration also offered in Community-Based Economic Development.

• University of Rhode Island - offers a Certificate of Housing and Community Development and a Master of Community Planning through the Department of Community Planning and Landscape Architecture. Concentration available in Housing and Community Development for graduate students.  Certificate available for continuing education or to be applied to Housing and Community Development concentration of Master of Community Planning program.

• The University of Texas Arlington - the School of Urban and Public Affairs offers a Master's and a Ph.D. program with emphasis available in Community and Economic Development.

• University of Utah - the Department of Family and Consumer Studies offers a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Consumer & Community Studies with focus on community and market impacts on households.

• School for International Training - offers a Masters of Science in Organizational Management, a Masters of Arts in Sustainable Development, and Master’s Community Development program with Americorps*VISTA.

• Woodbury College - Certificate, Associate Degree, and Bachelor’s Degree available in Prevention and Community Development.

• University of Washington - the Department of Urban Design and Planning offers a BA in Community and Environmental Planning, a Masters in Urban Planning, and a Ph.D. program in Urban Design and Planning.

• University of Wisconsin (Madison) - Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning offers concentration in Community Development.
• University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) - Community Organizing Certificate program available through the School of Education.

• University of Wales, Bangor - Undergraduate study in community development.

• University of Wales Swansea - Center for Development Studies Swansea offers a Masters in Social Development Policy and Management.

• University of Sussex - the Institute of Development Studies offers the following postgraduate degrees: MA in Participation Development and Social Change, MPhil Development Studies, MA in Gender and Development, MA in Governance and Development, and a DPhil.

• National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM) - offers BA in Local Studies and Community Studies. These two part-time degree programs offer classes in the evenings for adult learners.

• Trent University - has an environmental and resource science/studies program that offers a BA in globalization and community development focusing on involving communities in resource management and working in developing countries or with indigenous communities to balance economic development with protecting natural resources.

• University of Philippines Diliman - the College of Social Work and Community Development offers a BS and Masters in community development.

• University of Toronto - the Center for Urban and Community Studies offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in urban studies, community development, urban planning, and environmental studies.

• University of Calgary - Master of Environmental Design (Planning) program has specializations available in Community Development and related areas, such as Housing.

• University of British Columbia - Master’s Degree in Community and Regional Planning has available concentration in Community Development and Social Planning.

• Universities offering Non-Profit Management Courses

• Graduate programs useful for community development