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

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 Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 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.

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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The urban planning school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region”.

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

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

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

#1

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 4 doctorate’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743.

Full Texas A&M College Station Urban & Regional Planning Report

#2

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$22,886 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,995 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree urban planning students list, UT Austin has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’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 UT Austin are $22,886.

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

#3

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s urban planning degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning at ASU - Tempe

• 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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