2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
The Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Southeast Region 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.
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.
Top 10 Best Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found University of North Carolina at Charlotte to be the best value school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southeast Region . UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the city of Charlotte.
UNC Charlotte graduate students pay an average of $21,147 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Georgia Tech are $31,334 per year.
Georgia Tech not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Auburn are $31,986 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Auburn also did well on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Georgia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value urban and regional planning schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UGA are $27,464 a year.
UGA 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 in the Southeast Region list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. USF Tampa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tampa.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USF Tampa are $21,126 per year.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 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 #6 on the list. UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are $30,858 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNC Chapel Hill is ranked #5 for overall quality for urban planning in the Southeast Region .
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With a ranking of #7, Clemson University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for urban and regional planning students working on their master’s degree. Clemson is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Clemson are $23,246 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Clemson also is in the top 10% of our Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
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University of Miami landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree urban and regional planning programs. Located in the city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U Miami are $41,036 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, U Miami is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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With a ranking of #9, Virginia Tech 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 city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population.
Virginia Tech graduate students pay an average of $31,443 in tuition and fees each year.
Virginia Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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University of Virginia - Main Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a fairly large student population.
University of Virginia graduate students pay an average of $33,520 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Virginia also made our Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #3.
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Request InformationBest Urban & Regional Planning Colleges by State
Explore the best urban and regional planning colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 57 |
| Virginia | 63 |
| North Carolina | 70 |
| Florida | 156 |
| Tennessee | 7 |
| Kentucky | 8 |
| South Carolina | 22 |
| Louisiana | 10 |
| Alabama | 26 |
| Mississippi | 3 |
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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 17 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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