2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning (Income $30-$48k) in Wisconsin

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 Planning Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Wisconsin, there were 44 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $43,854 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in urban and regional planning. 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.

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

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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 Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning (Income $30-$48k) in Wisconsin

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified masters’s urban planning students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW - Madison, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Madison are $25,523.

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#2

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

$25,295 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$52,524 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is a large school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 6 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

UWM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee are $25,295.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning (Income $30-$48k)

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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