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2022 Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
260 Degrees Awarded
$29,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,851 people earned their degree in architectural and building sciences/technology, making the major the 155th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 647 architectural and building sciences/technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 260 architectural and building sciences/technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architectural and building sciences/technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality architectural and building sciences/technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architectural and building sciences/technology 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Blacksburg, Virginia, this large public school handed out 120 degrees to qualified bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia Tech is $11,138 for southeast region bachelor’s degree architectural and building sciences/technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.6% 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 93%.

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#2

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees in 2019-2020.

Tulane did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Tulane is $23,968 for southeast region bachelor’s degree architectural and building sciences/technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 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 excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology at Tulane University of Louisiana

#3

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Miami. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Coral Gables, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 43 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology students in 2019-2020.

U Miami also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Miami is $42,611 for southeast region bachelor’s degree architectural and building sciences/technology students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

Read more about Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology at University of Miami

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Savannah College of Art and Design. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. SCAD is located in Savannah, Georgia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 66 bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees to qualified students.

SCAD also made our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $40,908 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SCAD.

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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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