2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 139 degrees and certificates were awarded to urban and regional planning students who went to a Massachusetts college or university. This makes it the #129 most popular major in the state.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
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 Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Massachusetts 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Urban & Regional Planning
Our analysis found University of Massachusetts Amherst to be the best value school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Massachusetts. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Amherst are $16,251 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at MIT are $58,967 per year.
MIT not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Harvard University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value urban and regional planning schools in Massachusetts. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Harvard are $52,170 a year.
Harvard not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.
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Explore all the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Connecticut | 5 |
| New Hampshire | 17 |
| Maine | 9 |
| Rhode Island | 9 |
| Vermont | 0 |
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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.
Majors Similar to Urban Planning
| 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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