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

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 Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,538 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 9 architectural and building sciences/technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree architectural and building sciences/technology students whose families make $48-$75k.

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

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$47,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 5 doctorate’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon also took the #1 spot in our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon are $47,326.

Read more about Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology at Carnegie Mellon

#2

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, New York

#2 in overall quality

$58,325 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Troy, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s architectural and building sciences/technology students in 2019-2020.

RPI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are $58,325, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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