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2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$38,966 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$78,993 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, urban and regional planning was ranked #110 in the country. In fact 1,613 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for urban planning students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for urban planning majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Urban & Regional Planning

Our analysis found University of Maryland - College Park to be the best value school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . UMCP is a very large public school located in the large suburb of College Park.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMCP are $35,755 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UMCP is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at University of Maryland - College Park Report

#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cornell are $30,006 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Cornell also did well on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#3

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UPenn are $42,932 per year.

UPenn also made our Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #3.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at University of Pennsylvania Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Rutgers University - New Brunswick helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value urban and regional planning schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public school located in the small city of New Brunswick.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rutgers New Brunswick are $33,215 per year.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Columbia University in the City of New York is a great value for urban and regional planning students working on their doctor’s degree. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Columbia graduate students pay an average of $52,924 in tuition and fees each year.

Columbia excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges by State

Explore the best urban and regional planning colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 224
Pennsylvania 46
Maryland 9
New Jersey 10
District of Columbia 25

One of 8 majors within the area of study, urban and regional planning has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Architectural Sciences & Technology 3,366
General Architecture 1,096
Landscape Architecture 285
Real Estate Development 223
Interior Architecture 169

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
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