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

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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Urban Planning 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.

Urban & Regional Planning is the 170th most popular major in the country with 2,548 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southwest region, there were 487 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,414 and $29,011 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 311 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in urban and regional planning. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great urban and regional planning programs and 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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Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree urban planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

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

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 79 bachelors’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $20,200 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Urban Planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Arizona Urban & Regional Planning Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 80 bachelors’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

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

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full ASU - Tempe Urban & Regional Planning Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Arizona State University - Skysong is a public institution located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 75 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong also took the #4 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Skysong is $20,321 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Urban Planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full ASU - Skysong Urban & Regional Planning Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 54 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s urban planning students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $26,028 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Urban Planning students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Texas A&M University - College Station.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Texas A&M College Station Urban & Regional Planning Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Denton, Texas, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s urban planning students 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNT is $21,613 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Urban Planning students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of North Texas Urban & Regional Planning Report

#5

Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. San Marcos, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s urban planning degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $19,683 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Urban Planning 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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