2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Master'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.
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 59 schools in the United States to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for urban planning students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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 Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo the best value school in the United States for urban and regional planning students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $21,133 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means California State Polytechnic University - Pomona is a great value for urban and regional planning students working on their master’s degree. Cal Poly Pomona is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Pomona.
Cal Poly Pomona graduate students pay an average of $18,377 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Nebraska - Lincoln 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. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.
UNL graduate students pay an average of $19,541 in tuition and fees each year.
UNL excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UT Austin is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools list.
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Out of the 59 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UC Berkeley are $29,262 a year.
UC Berkeley also claimed a spot on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
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University of California - Los Angeles came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCLA are $28,138 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UCLA also did well on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Charlotte are $21,147 per year.
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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools list. Georgia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Atlanta.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Georgia Tech are $31,334 per year.
Georgia Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 1% of all schools on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools list.
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With a ranking of #9, Prairie View A & M University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for urban and regional planning students working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of Prairie View, PVAMU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
PVAMU graduate students pay an average of $17,378 in tuition and fees each year.
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Auburn University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for urban and regional planning students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Auburn is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Auburn.
Auburn graduate students pay an average of $31,986 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Auburn also did well on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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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 25 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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