Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Urban & Regional Planning, General

Find Schools Near

2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k

3 Ranked Colleges
133 Degrees Awarded
$46,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master's in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 2,548 people earned their degree in urban and regional planning, general, making the major the 241st most popular in the United States.

Across Massachusetts, there were 202 urban and regional planning, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 133 urban and regional planning, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in urban and regional planning, general. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great urban and regional planning, general programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the urban and regional planning, general program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General (Income $75-$110k) in Massachusetts

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k list. This fairly large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 49 masters’s urban design degrees in 2019-2020.

MIT also made our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are $56,719, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning, General at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #2 spot on the list. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s urban design degrees to 45 students in 2019-2020.

Harvard also took the #2 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Harvard Urban & Regional Planning, General Report

#3

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #3 spot on the list. UMass Amherst is a large public school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 8 masters’s urban design degrees in 2019-2020.

UMass Amherst did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning, General at UMass Amherst

Switch to a Different Ranking Method

Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

Featured Architecture / Urban Planning Schools

Find Schools Near You