2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning (Income $0-$30k) in Alabama

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k” 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, making the major the 170th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, urban and regional planning graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,040 and had an average of $39,156 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alabama, there were 32 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent urban and regional planning 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 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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The urban planning school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama master’s degree urban planning students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning (Income $0-$30k) in Alabama

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$31,956 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 21 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn are $31,956, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at Auburn

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning (Income $0-$30k)

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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