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

8 Ranked Colleges
119 Degrees Awarded
$24,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Southwest region, there were 487 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,414 and $29,011 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 119 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 8 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.

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

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree urban planning students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #1 spot on the list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s urban planning degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning at Texas A&M University - College Station

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 24 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Austin are $22,886, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UTSA is a large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 6 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA also took the #0 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UTSA are $25,807, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 13 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #5 spot on the list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s urban planning degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at Arizona State University - Tempe

The University of Texas at Arlington ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Arlington, Texas, this large public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified masters’s urban planning students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree urban planning students whose families make $30-$48k list, UT Arlington has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Arlington are $23,376, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full The University of Texas at Arlington Urban & Regional Planning Report

#7

Prairie View A & M University

Prairie View, Texas
#6 in overall quality

Prairie View A & M University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Prairie View, Texas, this medium-sized public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s urban planning students in 2019-2020.

PVAMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at PVAMU are $17,071, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full PVAMU Urban & Regional Planning Report

#8

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico

University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #8. UNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 9 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree urban planning students whose families make $30-$48k list, UNM has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Mexico - Main Campus are $19,890, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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