Also called: Placemaking Designer
Designs how streets, plazas, and neighborhoods look and feel for the people using them.
Urban designers sketch and model public spaces: where trees go, how wide sidewalks are, how buildings meet the street. They combine architecture and planning. Their work shows up in waterfront parks and lively downtowns.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Degree in architecture, landscape architecture, or planning; master's in urban design common.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Architecture, Urban Planning, Landscape Architecture.
Growing about average. Approximate.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI generates renderings and layout options fast; design judgment and working with residents stay human.
Classes: Art and design, Drafting/CAD, AP Human Geography.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-1011.
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