2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate 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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

The Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Urban & Regional Planning

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

16 Graduate Certificates

#21 in Quality in the Southeast Region

$30,130 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Florida to be the best value school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . UF is a fairly large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UF are $30,130 a year.

UF excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#2

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA

20 Graduate Certificates

#1 in Quality in the Southeast Region

$33,520 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a very large student population.

University of Virginia graduate students pay an average of $33,520 in tuition and fees each year.

University of Virginia did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#3

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

1 Graduate Certificates

Top 20% in Quality in the Southeast Region

$41,036 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U Miami are $41,036 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, U Miami is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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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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