2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Massachusetts
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning School for You
In 2020-2021, 139 degrees and certificates were awarded to urban and regional planning students who went to a Massachusetts college or university. This makes it the #129 most popular major in the state.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best value programs for urban planning students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality in Urban & Regional Planning
Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts Amherst the best value school in Massachusetts for urban and regional planning students. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.
UMass Amherst undergraduate students pay an average of $16,439 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MIT are $55,878 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, MIT is ranked #1 for overall quality for urban planning in Massachusetts.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Massachusetts list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Harvard are $55,587 a year.
Harvard also made our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Massachusetts list, coming in at #3.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Westfield State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Massachusetts list. Westfield is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Westfield.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Westfield are $11,139 a year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Connecticut | 5 |
| New Hampshire | 17 |
| Maine | 9 |
| Rhode Island | 9 |
| Vermont | 0 |
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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.
Majors Similar 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 4 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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