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Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the New England Region

2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$39,393 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$57,203 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the New England Region 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.

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.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Urban & Regional Planning

$37,355 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Roger Williams University the best value school in the New England Region for urban and regional planning students. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RWU are $37,355 per year.

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The excellent programs at Massachusetts Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban and regional planning schools in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MIT are $55,878 per year.

MIT not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the New England Region list.

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#3

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Harvard University is a great value for urban and regional planning students. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Harvard are $55,587 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Harvard is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the New England Region list.

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#4

Yale University

New Haven, CT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Yale University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the New England Region list. Yale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Haven.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Yale are $59,950 a year.

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

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$33,354 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the New England Region list. URI is a large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at URI are $33,354 a year.

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$36,964 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value urban and regional planning programs. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMass Amherst are $36,964 per year.

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Westfield State University

Westfield, MA
$17,219 Average Tuition & Fees

Westfield State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value urban and regional planning programs. Westfield is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Westfield.

Westfield undergraduate students pay an average of $17,219 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges by State

Explore the best urban and regional planning colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 139
Connecticut 5
New Hampshire 17
Maine 9
Rhode Island 9
Vermont 0

Urban & Regional Planning is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

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 7 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Arcaddmarketing.

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