2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in Texas

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Texas” 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 Texas, there were 203 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,633 and $28,668 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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.

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. 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 Texas” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in Texas.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning in Texas

#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 Texas list. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M College Station are $22,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Doctorate in Texas. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at The University of Texas at Austin

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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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