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2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

4 Ranked Colleges
90 Degrees Awarded
$25,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 $75-$110k” 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 $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 4 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree urban planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cornell, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Cornell University is $23,128 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Urban Planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.

Full Cornell University Urban & Regional Planning Report

#2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Rutgers New Brunswick is $26,914 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree urban planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s urban planning students in 2019-2020.

Temple did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Temple University is $25,075 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree urban planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Temple University Urban & Regional Planning Report

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. IUP is located in Indiana, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s urban planning degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree urban planning students whose families make $75-$110k list, IUP has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus is $25,535 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree urban planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning at IUP

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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%.

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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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