2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Southeast region, there were 439 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,800 and $39,293 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in urban and regional planning. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great urban and regional planning programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree urban planning students.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning in the Southeast Region

#1

Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$31,334 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. Georgia Tech is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 4 doctorate’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Tech are $31,334, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning at Georgia Tech

#2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$30,248 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region. UNC Chapel Hill is a public institution located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNC Chapel Hill also made our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are $30,248, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Urban & Regional Planning Report

#3

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida

#3 in overall quality

$26,707 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Florida State University is a large school located in Tallahassee, Florida that handed out 4 doctorate’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Florida State University are $26,707.

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

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning

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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