2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate 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.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Texas Tech University the best value school in the United States for urban and regional planning students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Roger Williams University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at RWU are $18,406 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at The University of Texas at Arlington helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value urban and regional planning schools in the United States. Located in the city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public school with a very large student population.
UT Arlington graduate students pay an average of $24,005 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UF are $30,130 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UF also did well on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Virginia - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value urban and regional planning schools in the United States. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Charlottesville.
University of Virginia graduate students pay an average of $33,520 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Virginia excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list.
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With a ranking of #6, Harvard University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for urban and regional planning students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Harvard also is in the top 5% of our Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.
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With a ranking of #7, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on this year’s best value schools for urban and regional planning students working on their graduate certificate. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.
Texas A&M College Station also claimed a spot on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
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University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for urban and regional planning students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UPenn are $42,932 a year.
UPenn excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools list.
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University of Miami did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for urban and regional planning students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. U Miami is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Coral Gables.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U Miami are $41,036 per year.
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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate urban and regional planning programs. UC is a very large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UC are $26,644 a year.
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Majors Related to Urban Planning
One of 8 majors within the area of study, urban and regional planning has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Urban Planning
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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| 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 13 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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