2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology in New York

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 New York” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology is the 126th most popular major in the country with 6,685 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across New York, there were 1,297 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 $33,533 and $14,085 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in New York” ranking, we looked at 2 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 New York

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york associate degree architectural and building sciences/technology students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology in New York

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Pratt Institute - Main
Brooklyn, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pratt Institute - Main. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in New York list. Pratt Institute is a private not-for-profit institution located in Brooklyn, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 202 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

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 New York list. New York Institute of Technology is located in Old Westbury, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 119 associates’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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

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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