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2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Arizona

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$11,523 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,168 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning School for You

With 270 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, urban and regional planning is the #92 most popular major in Arizona.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Arizona to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Arizona 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Arizona

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

Best Arizona Schools for Affordable Quality in Urban & Regional Planning

$10,818 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in Arizona for urban and regional planning students. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ASU - Skysong are $10,818 a year. After completing their degree, urban planning graduates from ASU - Skysong carry an average student debtload of $26,875. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $436.

ASU - Skysong also took the #3 spot in our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Arizona rankings.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at Arizona State University - Skysong

$11,348 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Arizona State University - Tempe is a great value for urban and regional planning students. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the city of Tempe.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Tempe are $11,348 per year. After completing their degree, urban planning graduates from ASU - Tempe carry an average student debtload of $26,875. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $436.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at Arizona State University - Tempe Report

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ
$12,404 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Arizona list. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at University of Arizona are $12,404 a year. Urban Planning majors at University of Arizona take out an average of $23,250 in student loans while working on their egree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $980, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at University of Arizona

Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 172
New Mexico 11

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 3 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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