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2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in New York

6 Ranked Colleges
198 Degrees Awarded
$37,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master's in New York

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 Master’s in New York” 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 New York, there were 247 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 198 urban and regional planning, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,029 and $47,933 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in New York” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in urban and regional planning, general. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent urban and regional planning, general programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the urban and regional planning, general program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in New York.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General in New York

#1

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #1 spot on the list. University at Buffalo is a large school located in Buffalo, New York that handed out 26 masters’s urban design degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york master’s degree urban design students list, University at Buffalo has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. 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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#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in New York. Located in Ithaca, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 30 degrees to qualified masters’s urban design students in 2019-2020.

Cornell also made our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell University are $30,042, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Pratt Institute - Main

Brooklyn, New York
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Pratt Institute - Main landed the #3 spot on the list. Brooklyn, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s urban design degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

Pratt Institute also made our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pratt Institute - Main are $35,226, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

New York University

New York, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in New York. NYU is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 41 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NYU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Master’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in New York list. Columbia University in the City of New York is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 52 masters’s urban design degrees in 2019-2020.

Columbia also made our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #1. 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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#6

The New School

New York, New York
#5 in overall quality

The New School came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in New York ranking. The New School is a medium-sized school located in New York, New York that handed out 12 masters’s urban design degrees in 2019-2020.

New School University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Master’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at New School University are $47,642, 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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