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

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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 Massachusetts, there were 202 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,575 and $34,632 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 133 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts” 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.

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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Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts.

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

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$50,654 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,600 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts list. Harvard is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 45 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Harvard, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Harvard Urban & Regional Planning Report

#2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$56,719 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$72,083 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. MIT is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 49 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are $56,719.

Full MIT Urban & Regional Planning Report

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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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