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2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$24,516 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$54,882 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning Master's Degree 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the urban planning master's degree 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 Master's in Urban & Regional Planning

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in the Southwest Region for urban and regional planning students working on their master’s degree. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.

UT Austin not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#2

Prairie View A & M University

Prairie View, TX

The excellent master’s degree programs at Prairie View A & M University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value urban and regional planning schools in the Southwest Region . PVAMU is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Prairie View.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at PVAMU are $17,378 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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A rank of #4 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 master’s degree. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Arlington are $24,005 per year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value urban and regional planning schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.

ASU - Tempe graduate students pay an average of $24,432 in tuition and fees each year.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree urban and regional planning programs. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UTSA are $27,560 a year.

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#7

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

With a ranking of #7, University of Arizona did quite well on this year’s best value schools for urban and regional planning students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 per year.

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

UNM graduate students pay an average of $20,487 in tuition and fees each 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 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 8 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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