2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in California
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning School for You
With 257 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, urban and regional planning is the #74 most popular major in California.
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value programs for urban planning students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
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2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in California
Check out the urban planning programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Urban & Regional Planning
Our 2023 rankings named California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo the best value school in California for urban and regional planning students. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $10,195 a year.
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo also claimed a spot on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in California list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
Out of the 7 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona landed the # 2 spot on the list. Cal Poly Pomona is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Pomona.
Cal Poly Pomona undergraduate students pay an average of $7,439 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of California - Berkeley is a great value for urban and regional planning students. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC Berkeley are $14,226 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UC Berkeley is ranked #3 for overall quality for urban planning in California.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in California list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCLA are $13,258 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UCLA also did well on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in California list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Out of the 7 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Davis landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC Davis are $14,645 per year.
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University of California - Irvine came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in California ranking. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a very large student population.
UC Irvine undergraduate students pay an average of $13,775 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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University of Southern California came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in California ranking. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at USC are $61,503 a year.
USC also claimed a spot on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in California list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Colleges in the Far Western US Region
Explore all the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Washington | 61 |
| Oregon | 49 |
| Hawaii | 12 |
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Majors Related to Urban Planning
One of 8 majors within the area of study, urban and regional planning has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 7 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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