2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for L& Use Planning & Management/Development (With Aid)

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 Land Use Planning and Management/Development Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Land Use Planning & Management/Development is the 945th most popular major in the country with 98 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 land use planning and management/development graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Land Use Planning and Management/Development Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in land use planning and management/development. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality land use planning and management/development programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the land use planning and management/development program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Land Use Planning and Management/Development Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Land Use Planning and Management/Development Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree land use planning and management/development students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for L& Use Planning & Management/Development (With Aid)

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Land Use Planning and Management/Development Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school awarded 17 degrees to qualified masters’s land use planning and management/development students in 2019-2020.

UMCP also made our “Best Land Use Planning & Management/Development Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Maryland - College Park Land Use Planning & Management/Development Report

#2

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

#2 in overall quality

$21,446 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Land Use Planning and Management/Development Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. MSU Bozeman is located in Bozeman, Montana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 masters’s land use planning and management/development degrees to qualified students.

MSU Bozeman also made our “Best Land Use Planning & Management/Development Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at MSU Bozeman are $21,446, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Land Use Planning & Management/Development at Montana State University

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Brian M. Powell.

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