2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s in the Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 411 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,500 and $60,998 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 263 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 11 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.
Top 11 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Cornell is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 30 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.
Cornell did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell University are $30,042, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Morgan State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s urban planning students in 2019-2020.
Morgan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Morgan State are $17,339.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Temple University is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 12 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Temple, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This large school is located in Buffalo, New York, and it awarded 26 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree urban planning students list, University at Buffalo has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The City College of New York. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. CCNY is a public institution located in New York, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
CCNY also made our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #10. Average graduate tuition and fees at The City College of New York are $20,832, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
With a ranking of #6, Pratt Institute - Main did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Pratt Institute - Main is a small school located in Brooklyn, New York that handed out 18 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.
Pratt Institute also took the #8 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pratt Institute - Main are $35,226, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Newark, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s urban planning degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NJIT, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at NJIT are $33,744, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
New York University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. NYU is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 41 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree urban planning students list, NYU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New York University are $36,892, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #9. Columbia University in the City of New York is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 52 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.
Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia University in the City of New York are $51,194, but some majors have different tuition rates.
The New School ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This medium-sized school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 12 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree urban planning students list, New School University has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The New School are $47,642.
With a ranking of #11, Georgetown University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Georgetown University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 25 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Georgetown also took the #3 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown are $53,591.
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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%.
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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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