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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning in the Far Western US Region

6 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$33,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Far Western US region, there were 553 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,008 and $36,427 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 26 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 6 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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Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning in the Far Western US Region

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s urban planning degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also took the #3 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Washington - Seattle Campus are $30,294.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#2

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. University of California - Los Angeles is a large school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 3 doctorate’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

UCLA also made our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Los Angeles are $28,131, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning at UCLA

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the #3 spot on the list. University of California - Irvine is a large school located in Irvine, California that handed out 5 doctorate’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Irvine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Irvine are $28,456.

Full UC Irvine Urban & Regional Planning Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region list. University of California - Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s urban planning degrees to qualified students.

UC Berkeley also took the #2 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Berkeley are $29,347, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UC Berkeley Urban & Regional Planning Report

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #5 spot on the list. UH Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s urban planning degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our far western us region doctor’s degree urban planning students list, UH Manoa has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hawaii at Manoa are $34,550.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at University of Hawaii at Manoa

#6

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

University of Southern California landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region ranking. USC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715.

Full University of Southern California Urban & Regional Planning Report

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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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