2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in New York
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning 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.
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 New York ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in New York to see which 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 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. CCNY is a fairly large public school located in the city of New York.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CCNY are $7,340 a year.
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Out of the 6 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
NYU undergraduate students pay an average of $56,500 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, NYU is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in New York list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in New York list. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Buffalo.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University at Buffalo are $10,782 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning 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.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cornell are $61,015 per year. Urban Planning majors at Cornell take out an average of $17,800 in student loans while working on their egree.
Cornell not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in New York list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning 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 undergraduate students at Columbia are $62,466 per year.
Columbia excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in New York list.
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Pratt Institute - Main landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value urban and regional planning programs. Pratt Institute is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Brooklyn.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Pratt Institute are $55,590 a year.
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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 |
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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 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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