2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
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 in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the New England Region 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.
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 New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Urban & Regional Planning
Our 2023 rankings named Roger Williams University the best value school in the New England Region for urban and regional planning students working on their graduate certificate. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bristol.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at RWU are $18,406 per year.
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Out of the 3 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 a year.
Harvard not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.
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Out of the 3 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the # 3 spot on the list. URI is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.
URI graduate students pay an average of $29,774 in tuition and fees each year.
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Explore the best urban and regional planning schools for a specific state in the New England region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 139 |
| 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.
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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