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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$23,342 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southwest Region 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. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the urban planning graduate certificate 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 Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Urban & Regional Planning

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Tech University the best value school in the Southwest Region for urban and regional planning students working on their graduate certificate. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 20% of our Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at Texas Tech University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Arlington is a great value for urban and regional planning students working on their graduate certificate. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Arlington are $24,005 a year.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at The University of Texas at Arlington Report

A rank of #3 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 graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 per year.

Texas A&M College Station also made our Best Urban & Regional Planning Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #1.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at San Antonio is a great value for urban and regional planning students working on their graduate certificate. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UTSA are $27,560 per year.

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

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 4 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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