2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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

Urban & Regional Planning is the #110 most popular major in the country with 1,613 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the New England 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region

Check out the urban planning doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Urban & Regional Planning

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

9 Doctor's Degrees

#1 in Quality in the New England Region

$58,967 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Massachusetts Institute of Technology to be the best value school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, MIT is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

MIT graduate students pay an average of $58,967 in tuition and fees each year.

MIT also took the #1 spot in our Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region rankings.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

1 Doctor's Degrees

#2 in Quality in the New England Region

$52,170 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Harvard University is a great value for urban and regional planning students working on their doctor’s degree. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

Harvard graduate students pay an average of $52,170 in tuition and fees each year.

Harvard did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.

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#3

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA

1 Doctor's Degrees

#20 in Quality in the New England Region

$32,809 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the # 3 spot on the list. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Amherst are $32,809 per year.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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