2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in the New England 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 Master’s in the New England 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 New England region, there were 224 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 140 urban and regional planning, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 2 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the urban and regional planning, general program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General in the New England Region

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 45 masters’s urban design degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard also made our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard are $50,654.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning, General at Harvard University

#2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$56,719 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. MIT is a fairly large school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 49 masters’s urban design degrees in 2019-2020.

MIT also took the #1 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at MIT are $56,719, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning, General at MIT

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General

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.

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