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2022 Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
344 Degrees Awarded
$38,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Master's in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Massachusetts, there were 597 architectural sciences and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $62,757 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 344 architectural sciences and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,240 and $41,137 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in architectural sciences and technology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent architectural sciences and technology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the architectural sciences and technology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for massachusetts master’s degree architect science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Architectural Sciences & Technology (Income $0-$30k) in Massachusetts

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s architect science degrees to 54 students in 2019-2020.

MIT also took the #1 spot in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at MIT are $56,719.

Read full report on Architectural Sciences & Technology at MIT

#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harvard University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k. Harvard University is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 123 masters’s architect science degrees to qualified students.

Harvard also took the #2 spot in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Harvard University are $50,654.

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#3

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeastern University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s architect science degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

Northeastern also took the #4 spot in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northeastern University are $25,558.

Read more about Architectural Sciences & Technology at Northeastern

#4

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts Amherst landed the #4 spot on the list. UMass Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s architect science degrees to qualified students.

UMass Amherst also made our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Massachusetts Amherst are $32,341, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Massachusetts Amherst Architectural Sciences & Technology Report

#5

Boston Architectural College

Boston, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston Architectural College landed the #5 spot on the list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s architect science degrees to 73 students in 2019-2020.

Boston Architectural College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston Architectural College are $25,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Boston Architectural College Architectural Sciences & Technology Report

#6

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Boston, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Wentworth Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Architect Science Schools for a Master’s in Massachusetts For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. WIT is a small school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 54 masters’s architect science degrees in 2019-2020.

WIT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Architectural Sciences & Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WIT are $38,600.

Full Wentworth Institute of Technology Architectural Sciences & Technology Report

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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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