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Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in New York

2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in New York

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$42,282 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,043 Avg Salary

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

$7,340 Average Tuition & Fees

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 large public school located in the city of New York.

CCNY undergraduate students pay an average of $7,340 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

New York University

New York, NY
$56,500 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means New York University is a great value for urban and regional planning students. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

NYU undergraduate students pay an average of $56,500 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, NYU also did well on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#3

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY
$10,782 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the # 3 spot on the list. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Buffalo.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at University at Buffalo are $10,782 a year.

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#4

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY
$61,015 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in New York list. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Cornell undergraduate students pay an average of $61,015 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Urban Planning majors at Cornell take out an average of $17,800 in student loans while working on their egree.

Cornell also took the #1 spot in our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in New York rankings.

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$62,466 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Columbia University in the City of New York is a great value for urban and regional planning students. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Columbia are $62,466 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Columbia is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in New York list.

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#6

Pratt Institute - Main

Brooklyn, NY
$55,590 Average Tuition & Fees

Pratt Institute - Main ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in New York list. Pratt Institute is a moderately-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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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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