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2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$23,446 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$41,771 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor's Degree School for You

Urban & Regional Planning is the #144 most popular major in California with 393 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor's Degree Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in California to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for urban planning students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for urban planning majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Urban & Regional Planning

Our 2023 rankings named California State Polytechnic University - Pomona the best value school in California for urban and regional planning students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Pomona, Cal Poly Pomona is a public college with a very large student population.

Cal Poly Pomona undergraduate students pay an average of $7,439 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, urban planning graduates from Cal Poly Pomona take out $19,270 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a very large public school located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo undergraduate students pay an average of $10,195 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, urban planning graduates from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo carry an average student debtload of $15,232.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also did well on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. UC Davis is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Davis.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC Davis are $14,645 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UC Davis also did well on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at USC are $61,503 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, USC also is in the top 15% of our Best Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California ranking.

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Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 117
Oregon 49
Hawaii 12

Urban & Regional Planning is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology 6,781
General Architecture 4,982
Landscape Architecture 905
Environmental Design 741
Interior Architecture 728

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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