2023 Most Popular Colleges for Architectural History in the Southeast Region
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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 “Most Well Attended Architectural History Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Architectural History is the 327th most popular major in the country with 147 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, architectural history graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $26,000 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 18 architectural history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Architectural History Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in architectural history. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in architectural history.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The architectural history 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 “Most Well Attended Architectural History Major in the Southeast Region”.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
Most Well Attended Architectural History Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region architectural history students.
Top 3 Most Popular Colleges for Architectural History in the Southeast Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Architectural History Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Virginia is a large school located in Charlottesville, Virginia that handed out 14 ’s architectural history degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Full University of Virginia - Main Campus Architectural History Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Architectural History Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Savannah, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified ’s architectural history students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Savannah College of Art and Design Architectural History Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Vanderbilt University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Architectural History Major in the Southeast Region list. Vanderbilt is a fairly large school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 1 ’s architectural history degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Architectural History at Vanderbilt
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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