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2022 Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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260 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology is the 155th most popular major in the country with 5,851 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in architectural and building sciences/technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great architectural and building sciences/technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the architectural and building sciences/technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology (Income $48-$75k) 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 $48-$75k list. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 120 bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Virginia Tech is $19,067 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology at Virginia Tech

#2

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #2 spot on the list. Tulane is a fairly large school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 22 bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree architectural and building sciences/technology students whose families make $48-$75k list, Tulane has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tulane is $26,168 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology at Tulane

#3

University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Miami is located in Coral Gables, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 43 bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees to qualified students.

U Miami did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Miami is $38,540 for southeast region bachelor’s degree architectural and building sciences/technology students whose families make $48-$75k.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full U Miami Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Report

#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 $48-$75k list. This fairly large school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 66 bachelors’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SCAD, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SCAD is $42,800 for southeast region bachelor’s degree architectural and building sciences/technology students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full SCAD Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology 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).
  • 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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