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2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

8 Ranked Colleges
228 Degrees Awarded
$26,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master's in California 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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 California, there were 358 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,629 and $36,957 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 228 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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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Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning (Income $75-$110k) in California

#1

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k list. UCLA is a public institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 66 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCLA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCLA are $28,131, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at University of California - Los Angeles

#2

San Diego State University

San Diego, California

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, San Diego State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in San Diego, California, and it awarded 8 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

SDSU also made our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #7. Average graduate tuition and fees at San Diego State University are $18,658, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full SDSU Urban & Regional Planning Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k list. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a large school located in San Luis Obispo, California that handed out 14 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our california master’s degree urban planning students whose families make $75-$110k list, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo are $21,009, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State Polytechnic University - Pomona. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k list. Cal Poly Pomona is a large public school situated in Pomona, California. It awarded 14 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

Cal Poly Pomona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona are $18,377, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Davis, California, and it awarded 7 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our california master’s degree urban planning students whose families make $75-$110k list, UC Davis has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UC Davis are $28,700, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UC Davis Urban & Regional Planning Report

#6

San Jose State University

San Jose, California

San Jose State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. San Jose State University is a large school located in San Jose, California that handed out 38 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jose State also made our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at San Jose State are $18,790, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Urban & Regional Planning at San Jose State

University of California - Irvine did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #7. UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 masters’s urban planning degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UC Irvine, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Irvine are $28,456, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Urban & Regional Planning at UC Irvine

#8

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

University of Southern California came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s urban planning degrees to 52 students in 2019-2020.

USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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