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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

4 Ranked Colleges
90 Degrees Awarded
$25,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,548 people earned their degree in urban and regional planning, general, making the major the 241st most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 411 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 90 urban and regional planning, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in urban and regional planning, general. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality urban and regional planning, general programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the urban and regional planning, general program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Cornell is a large school located in Ithaca, New York that handed out 35 bachelors’s urban design degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cornell, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Cornell is $23,128 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Urban Design students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

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#2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #2 spot on the list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a public institution located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick also took the #2 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $26,914 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Urban Design students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Rutgers New Brunswick.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #3 spot on the list. Temple University is a large public school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 10 bachelors’s urban design degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple also made our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $25,075 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree urban design students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Temple University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Indiana, Pennsylvania, this fairly large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s urban design students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree urban design students whose families make $75-$110k list, IUP has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $25,535 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Urban Design students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus.

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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%.

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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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