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2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region

6 Ranked Colleges
24 Degrees Awarded
$35,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 411 urban and regional planning, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 24 urban and regional planning, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cornell University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 5 doctorate’s urban design degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell also made our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell University are $30,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s urban design degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UMCP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 doctorate’s urban design degrees to qualified students.

Rutgers New Brunswick also made our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers New Brunswick are $32,132.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning, General at Rutgers New Brunswick

#4

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #4 spot on the list. University at Buffalo is a large public school situated in Buffalo, New York. It awarded 3 doctorate’s urban design degrees in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s urban design students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UPenn, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UPenn are $41,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s urban design students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region doctor’s degree urban design students list, Columbia has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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%.

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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.

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