2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 6,685 people earned their degree in architectural & building sciences/technology, making the major the 126th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,835 architectural & building sciences/technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 0 architectural & building sciences/technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,642 and $15,171 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in architectural & building sciences/technology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their architectural & building sciences/technology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree architectural and building sciences/technology students.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Pratt Institute - Main
Brooklyn, New York

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pratt Institute - Main landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Brooklyn, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 202 diplomas to qualified associates’s architectural and building sciences/technology students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Pratt Institute Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Report

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New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. New York Institute of Technology is a medium-sized school located in Old Westbury, New York that handed out 119 associates’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.

Read full report on Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology at NYIT

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Community College of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Philadelphia landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 0 associates’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees in 2021-2022.

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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

• *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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