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2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$26,344 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Urban & Regional Planning 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 Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island 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. 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 Schools in Rhode Island

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

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

$15,332 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Rhode Island the best value school in Rhode Island for urban and regional planning students. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at URI are $15,332 a year.

URI also took the #5 spot in our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Rhode Island rankings.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at University of Rhode Island Report

$37,355 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roger Williams University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in the suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RWU are $37,355 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, RWU is ranked #4 for overall quality for urban planning in Rhode Island.

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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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