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2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$26,344 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning School for You

In 2020-2021, 9 degrees and certificates were awarded to urban and regional planning students who went to a Rhode Island college or university. This makes it the #157 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island 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.

2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Rhode Island

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Colleges.

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Urban & Regional Planning

$15,332 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Rhode Island to be the best value school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a degree in Rhode Island. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public college with a fairly large student population.

URI undergraduate students pay an average of $15,332 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at University of Rhode Island Report

$37,355 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Roger Williams University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in the suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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

RWU also took the #5 spot in our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Rhode Island rankings.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at Roger Williams University Report

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

Explore all the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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 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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