2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 684 architectural and building sciences/technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 architectural and building sciences/technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architectural and building sciences/technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent architectural and building sciences/technology programs, but they also 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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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 Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes 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 Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees to qualified students.

UIUC also made our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UIUC Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Report

#2

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$30,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Illinois Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois Institute of Technology are $30,695.

Full Illinois Tech Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology (Income $48-$75k)

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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