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2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$33,752 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,247 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning 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.

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 Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value 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.

2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the urban planning programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Urban & Regional Planning

#1

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Our analysis found Ball State University to be the best value school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Ball State is a very large public school located in the city of Muncie.

Ball State undergraduate students pay an average of $27,524 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that urban planning majors at Ball State take out is $27,000.

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$21,475 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a great value for urban and regional planning students. UWM is a very large public school located in the city of Milwaukee.

UWM undergraduate students pay an average of $21,475 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, urban planning majors at UWM accumulate an average of around $25,500 in student debt.

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The excellent programs at Miami University - Oxford helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban and regional planning schools in the Great Lakes Region . Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public school located in the fringe town of Oxford.

Miami University - Oxford undergraduate students pay an average of $36,288 in tuition and fees each year.

Miami University - Oxford also claimed a spot on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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$27,111 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 7 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UC are $27,111 a year. After completing their degree, urban planning graduates from UC carry an average student debtload of $26,900.

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$19,876 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Kent State University at Kent. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Kent State are $19,876 per year.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

U-M undergraduate students pay an average of $55,097 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, U-M is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbus.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ohio State are $35,019 per year. After completing their degree, urban planning graduates from Ohio State carry an average student debtload of $24,500.

Ohio State also claimed a spot on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges by State

Explore the best urban and regional planning colleges 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 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 7 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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