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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$24,269 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$78,993 Avg Salary

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 Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for urban planning students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Southwest 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 Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Urban & Regional Planning

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best value school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.

UT Austin also took the #4 spot in our Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at The University of Texas at Austin

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great value for urban and regional planning students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #5 spot in our Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Arizona State University - Tempe is a great value for urban and regional planning students working on their doctor’s degree. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the city of Tempe.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 per year.

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Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 114
Arizona 39
New Mexico 11

Urban & Regional Planning is one of 8 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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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