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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

4 Ranked Colleges
90 Degrees Awarded
$14,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,548 people earned their degree in urban and regional planning, making the major the 170th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, urban and regional planning graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,040 and had an average of $39,156 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 411 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,500 and $60,998 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 90 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in urban and regional planning. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great urban and regional planning programs and 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 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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The urban planning school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the #1 spot on the list. Cornell University is a large school located in Ithaca, New York that handed out 35 bachelors’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $7,484 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Urban Planning students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Cornell.

With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #2 spot on the list. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a large school located in New Brunswick, New Jersey that handed out 9 bachelors’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $13,545 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree urban planning students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s urban planning degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Temple also took the #3 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Temple University is $18,315 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree urban planning students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning at Temple

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Indiana, Pennsylvania, this fairly large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s urban planning students in 2019-2020.

IUP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus is $18,177 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree urban planning students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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%.

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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