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

5 Ranked Colleges
311 Degrees Awarded
$20,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Southwest region, there were 487 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 311 urban and regional planning, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in urban and regional planning, general. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent urban and regional planning, general programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the urban and regional planning, general program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 79 bachelors’s urban design degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree urban design students whose families make $75-$110k list, University of Arizona has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $20,200 for southwest region bachelor’s degree urban design students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend University of Arizona.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school awarded 80 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s urban design students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $17,373 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Urban Design students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school awarded 54 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s urban design students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $26,028 for southwest region bachelor’s degree urban design students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school handed out 75 degrees to qualified bachelors’s urban design students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Skysong is $20,321 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Urban Design students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#6 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #4 spot on the list. University of North Texas is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNT, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNT is $21,613 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Urban Design students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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#5

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s urban design degrees to qualified students.

Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $19,683 for southwest region bachelor’s degree urban design students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Texas State.

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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%.

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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