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2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

6 Ranked Colleges
69 Degrees Awarded
$29,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Urban & Regional Planning, General is the 241st most popular major in the country with 2,548 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 208 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 69 urban and regional planning, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in urban and regional planning, general. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality urban and regional planning, general programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree urban design students.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 14 masters’s urban design degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523.

Full UW - Madison Urban & Regional Planning, General Report

#2

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Muncie, Indiana, and it awarded 7 masters’s urban design degrees in 2019-2020.

Ball State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ball State University are $26,204, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning, General at Ball State University

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. UWM is a large public school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 6 masters’s urban design degrees in 2019-2020.

UWM also made our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee are $25,295.

Full University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Urban & Regional Planning, General Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Ohio State is a public institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Ohio State also took the #2 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State are $37,141.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning, General at Ohio State University - Main Campus

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in Kent, Ohio, and it awarded 5 masters’s urban design degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Kent State, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State are $21,952, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Wayne State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Wayne State is a large school located in Detroit, Michigan that handed out 8 masters’s urban design degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State University are $37,215, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Wayne State University Urban & Regional Planning, General Report

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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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