2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Urban & Regional Planning, General is the 241st most popular major in the country with 2,548 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Washington, there were 124 urban and regional planning, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 urban and regional planning, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,202 and $21,977 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in urban and regional planning, general. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great urban and regional planning, general programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the urban and regional planning, general program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General (Income $48-$75k) in Washington

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$9,694 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school awarded 30 degrees to qualified bachelors’s urban design students in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Washington - Seattle Campus is $9,694 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Urban Design students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning, General at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#2

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$12,856 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Cheney, Washington is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s urban design degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at EWU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Washington University is $12,856 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Urban Design students whose families make $48-$75k.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General (Income $48-$75k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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