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2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$33,245 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,247 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which 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.

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 Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Urban & Regional Planning

#1

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Our analysis found Ball State University to be the best value school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Muncie.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ball State are $27,524 per year.

Ball State also claimed a spot on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at Ball State University Report

$27,111 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UC are $27,111 a year.

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$19,876 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kent State University at Kent landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Kent State are $19,876 a year.

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$21,475 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UWM is a very large public school located in the city of Milwaukee.

UWM undergraduate students pay an average of $21,475 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great value for urban and regional planning students. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

U-M undergraduate students pay an average of $55,097 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, U-M also is in the top 5% of our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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With a ranking of #6, Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for urban and regional planning students. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the city of Columbus.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ohio State are $35,019 a year.

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Best Urban & Regional Planning Colleges by State

Explore the best urban and regional planning schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 27
Illinois 0
Ohio 49
Indiana 8
Wisconsin 29

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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 6 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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