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2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$17,364 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate School for You

Urban & Regional Planning is the #79 most popular major in Rhode Island with 9 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

Check out the urban planning graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Urban & Regional Planning

Our analysis found University of Rhode Island to be the best value school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Rhode Island. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a large student population.

URI graduate students pay an average of $16,322 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, URI is ranked #5 for overall quality for urban planning in Rhode Island.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at University of Rhode Island Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Roger Williams University is a great value for urban and regional planning students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

RWU graduate students pay an average of $18,406 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

RWU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island list.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at Roger Williams University

Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 125
Maine 9
Vermont 0

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 2 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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