2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree School for You
Urban & Regional Planning is the #181 most popular major in the country with 2,419 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for urban planning students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Urban & Regional Planning
Our analysis found University of Cincinnati - Main Campus to be the best value school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC are $26,644 per year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great value for urban and regional planning students working on their doctor’s degree. U-M is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U-M are $50,464 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, U-M is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Ohio State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value urban and regional planning schools in the Great Lakes Region . Ohio State is a very large public school located in the city of Columbus.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ohio State are $38,377 a year.
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Request InformationBest Urban & Regional Planning Colleges by State
Explore the best urban and regional planning schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 35 |
| Ohio | 127 |
| Illinois | 0 |
| Indiana | 24 |
| Wisconsin | 30 |
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Urban & Regional Planning Related Majors for Urban Planning
Urban & Regional Planning is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 3 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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