2022 Best Value Architect Science Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 “Best Value Architect Science Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Architectural Sciences & Technology is the 128th most popular major in the country with 6,631 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, architectural sciences and technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,611 and had an average of $53,442 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,667 architectural sciences and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,500 and $63,903 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 39 architectural sciences and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Architect Science Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in architectural sciences and technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great architectural sciences and technology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the architectural sciences and technology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Architect Science Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree architect science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$4,030 Average Net Price

$36,668 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architect Science Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s architect science degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $4,030 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Architect Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology.

Full Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Architectural Sciences & Technology Report

#2

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, New York

#3 in overall quality

$18,094 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New York Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architect Science Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Old Westbury, New York, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified associates’s architect science students in 2019-2020.

NYIT not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $18,094 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Architect Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend New York Institute of Technology.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Architectural Sciences & Technology at New York Institute of Technology

#3

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$22,255 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architect Science Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This small school is located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 15 associates’s architect science degrees in 2019-2020.

Penn College also made our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $22,255 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Architect Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Penn College.

Read full report on Architectural Sciences & Technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology (Income $0-$30k)

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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