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2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
69 Degrees Awarded
$32,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 208 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,300 and $34,140 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 69 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in urban and regional planning. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent urban and regional planning 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 program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 14 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Wisconsin - Madison Urban & Regional Planning Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. U-M is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 1 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at U-M

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s urban planning degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

Ohio State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ohio State University - Main Campus are $37,141, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Ohio State Urban & Regional Planning Report

#4

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ball State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s urban planning degrees to qualified students.

Ball State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning 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 Ball State are $26,204.

Full Ball State University Urban & Regional Planning Report

#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Wayne State University is located in Detroit, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s urban planning degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wayne State, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State are $37,215, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at Wayne State University

With a ranking of #6, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UWM is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s urban planning degrees to qualified students.

UWM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UWM are $25,295, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning at UWM

With a ranking of #7, Kent State University at Kent did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Kent, Ohio, and it awarded 5 masters’s urban planning 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State are $21,952, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning at Kent State University at Kent

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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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