2023 Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Urban Planning for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Urban & Regional Planning is the 183rd most popular major in the country with 2,419 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, urban and regional planning graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,745 and had an average of $23,296 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 391 urban and regional planning graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,188 and $17,800 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Urban Planning for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 4 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 a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the urban and regional planning program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Urban Planning for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Urban Planning for a Doctorate”.
Top 4 Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Urban Planning for a Doctorate. University of Maryland - College Park is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 5 doctorate’s urban planning degrees in 2020-2021.
UMCP also made our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3.According to our most recent data, University of Maryland - College Park supports 40,709 students, and 16 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 13 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,716. In addition to receiving other benefits, 8 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Urban Planning for a Doctorate list. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a large public school situated in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It awarded 4 doctorate’s urban planning degrees in 2020-2021.
Rutgers New Brunswick also took the #4 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 50,411 students enrolled at Rutgers University - New Brunswick were GI Bill® students, of which 3 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,625. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Rutgers New Brunswick Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Urban Planning for a Doctorate. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s urban planning degrees in 2020-2021.
Cornell also took the #2 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Cornell University supports 23,620 students, and 2 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 2 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,780. To help with additional expenses, 2 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Cornell University]](/colleges/cornell-university/student-life/veterans/)
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Urban Planning for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #4 spot on the list. Columbia is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 8 doctorate’s urban planning degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Columbia, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Urban & Regional Planning Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.According to our most recent data, Columbia supports 30,135 students, and 739 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 467 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $22,069. During this same period, 328 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Columbia Veteran Student Life Report
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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