2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 the Plains States region, there were 156 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,900 and $28,410 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 86 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 4 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the urban and regional planning program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,041 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s urban planning degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities are $28,845.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

#2

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$51,273 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Iowa State is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 25 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948.

Full Iowa State University Urban & Regional Planning Report

#3

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

$19,513 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #3 spot on the list. UNL is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 8 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNL are $19,513, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at UNL

#4

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#3 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$53,608 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, this large public school awarded 22 degrees to qualified masters’s urban planning students in 2019-2020.

KU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full KU Urban & Regional Planning Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning (Income $48-$75k)

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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