2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Southeast Region

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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 Southeast region, there were 846 architectural & building sciences/technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 architectural & building sciences/technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in architectural & building sciences/technology. That schools that top this list have a program in architectural & building sciences/technology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology in the Southeast Region

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University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

#9 overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 17 doctorate’s architectural and building sciences/technology degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.

Full University of Florida Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology Report

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Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus
Atlanta, Georgia

#3 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified doctorate’s architectural and building sciences/technology students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read more about Architectural & Building Sciences/Technology at Georgia Tech

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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