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Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools in New York

2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools in New York

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$30,554 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,882 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree School for You

With 244 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, urban and regional planning is the #156 most popular major in New York.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in New York 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Urban & Regional Planning

Our 2023 rankings named The City College of New York the best value school in New York for urban and regional planning students working on their master’s degree. CCNY is a large public school located in the large city of New York.

CCNY graduate students pay an average of $11,402 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Cornell graduate students pay an average of $30,006 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Cornell also made our Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in New York list, coming in at #1.

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#3

New York University

New York, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New York University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

NYU graduate students pay an average of $38,206 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NYU also made our Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in New York list, coming in at #5.

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#4

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. University at Buffalo is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Buffalo.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University at Buffalo are $14,388 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 per year.

Columbia not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in New York list.

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#6

Pratt Institute - Main

Brooklyn, NY

With a ranking of #6, Pratt Institute - Main did quite well on this year’s best value schools for urban and regional planning students working on their master’s degree. Pratt Institute is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Brooklyn.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pratt Institute are $36,396 per year.

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Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 78
Maryland 12
New Jersey 27
District of Columbia 25

One of 8 majors within the area of study, urban and regional planning has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 6 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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