2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Urban & Regional Planning is the 170th most popular major in the country with 2,548 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Pennsylvania, there were 91 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,600 and $71,279 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in urban and regional planning. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality urban and regional planning 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 program at the school. 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 Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning (Income $0-$30k) in Pennsylvania

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$60,325 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s urban planning degrees to qualified students.

UPenn also made our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pennsylvania are $41,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Pennsylvania Urban & Regional Planning Report

#2

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$55,964 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 12 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning at Temple

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

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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