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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$28,814 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$43,354 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Urban & Regional Planning

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best value school for urban and regional planning students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Austin are $40,996 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Austin is ranked #2 for overall quality for urban planning in the Southwest Region .

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#2

Prairie View A & M University

Prairie View, TX
$26,874 Average Tuition & Fees

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

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at PVAMU are $26,874 per year.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at Prairie View A & M University Report

#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas Tech are $24,121 per year.

Texas Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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The excellent programs at The University of Texas at Arlington helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban and regional planning schools in the Southwest Region . UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UT Arlington are $29,299 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great value for urban and regional planning students. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas A&M College Station are $38,855 a year.

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

Full Urban & Regional Planning at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

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

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ASU - Tempe are $29,438 a year.

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$21,528 Average Tuition & Fees

The University of Texas at San Antonio ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Urban & Regional Planning Schools in the Southwest Region list. UTSA is a very large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UTSA are $21,528 per year.

Full Urban & Regional Planning at The University of Texas at San Antonio Report

#8

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

With a ranking of #8, University of Arizona did quite well on this year’s best value schools for urban and regional planning students. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a fairly large student population.

University of Arizona undergraduate students pay an average of $35,153 in tuition and fees each year.

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$25,243 Average Tuition & Fees

University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for urban and regional planning students. It came in at #9 on the list. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UNM are $25,243 a year.

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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

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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 9 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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