2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Oregon

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 Master’s in Oregon” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Oregon, there were 63 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,100 and $39,856 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Oregon” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 Master’s in Oregon

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon master’s degree urban planning students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning in Oregon

#1

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$29,991 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$56,544 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Oregon is a public institution located in Eugene, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oregon are $29,991, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning at UO

#2

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$23,784 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$57,860 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Oregon list. Located in Portland, Oregon, this large public school awarded 44 diplomas to qualified masters’s urban planning students in 2019-2020.

Portland State University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning at Portland State University

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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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