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2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$8,108 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,757 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning School for You

Urban & Regional Planning is the #166 most popular major in North Carolina with 70 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in North Carolina 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 North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Urban & Regional Planning

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Charlotte the best value school in North Carolina for urban and regional planning students. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public school with a very large student population.

UNC Charlotte undergraduate students pay an average of $7,188 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNC Charlotte excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in North Carolina list.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a great value for urban and regional planning students. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNC Chapel Hill are $9,028 a year.

UNC Chapel Hill also made our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #4.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 57
Virginia 63
Florida 156
Tennessee 7
Kentucky 8
South Carolina 22
Louisiana 10
Alabama 26
Mississippi 3

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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