2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning in Arizona (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 Arizona, there were 275 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,200 and $26,375 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 40 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,233 and $38,981 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

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. 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 Arizona For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Urban & Regional Planning in Arizona (With Aid)

#1

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,933 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large public school handed out 27 diplomas to qualified masters’s urban planning students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048.

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#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$50,856 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Urban Planning Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 13 masters’s urban planning degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #2 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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