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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

4 Ranked Colleges
90 Degrees Awarded
$26,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer 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.

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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree urban design students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning, General in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a large public school situated in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It awarded 9 bachelors’s urban design degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick also made our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $21,654 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree urban design students with aid per year to attend Rutgers New Brunswick.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Full Rutgers New Brunswick Urban & Regional Planning, General Report

#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Cornell is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 35 bachelors’s urban design degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell also took the #1 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $40,126 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree urban design students with aid per year to attend Cornell.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning, General at Cornell

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Indiana, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s urban design degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

IUP also made our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $22,448 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Urban Design students with aid per year to attend IUP.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning, General at Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus

#4

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Temple University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Temple is a large public school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 10 bachelors’s urban design degrees in 2019-2020.

Temple did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Temple is $23,521 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Urban Design students with aid.

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

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning, General at Temple

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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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