2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree School for You
Urban & Regional Planning is the #166 most popular major in North Carolina with 70 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.
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 in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for urban planning students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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 North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Urban & Regional Planning
Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Charlotte the best value school in North Carolina for urban and regional planning students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 a year.
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Out of the 2 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a very large student population.
UNC Chapel Hill graduate students pay an average of $12,566 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
UNC Chapel Hill also made our Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #2.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 57 |
| Virginia | 63 |
| Florida | 156 |
| Tennessee | 7 |
| Kentucky | 8 |
| South Carolina | 22 |
| Louisiana | 10 |
| Alabama | 26 |
| Mississippi | 3 |
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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.
Most Popular Majors Related to Urban Planning
| 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 2 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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